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J EFFER , M ANGELS , B UTLER & M ARMARO The premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm. HAMA Spring Meeting Fairmont Hotel April 9, 2003 ____________ Management Agreements. J EFFER , M ANGELS , B UTLER & M ARMARO The premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm.
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JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm HAMA Spring Meeting Fairmont Hotel April 9, 2003____________ Management Agreements
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm More than $20 Billion of Hotel Experience!
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm For your complementary copy of “Management Agreement Resource Materials” Contact: Jim Butler 310-201-3526 or jbutler@JMBM.com
. . . And something to offend everyone, particularly our French friends . . .
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." --Norman Schwartzkopf
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm "I just love the French. They taste like chicken!" --- Hannibal Lecter
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --- Regis Philbin
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm "France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." --Mark Twain
Management Agreements We are going to focus on: • Critical Considerations • Trends in Contract Terms • Common Mistakes and Problems
Goal of Presentation Facilitate Exchange of Information Among HAMA Members
Critical Considerations How important Process & team Controlling the draft Drafting principles Who is a fiduciary?
Trends in Contract Terms • Term • Operator duties – how detailed? • Hotel standard • Owner’s preferred return • Employees
Trends in Contract Terms • Subordination to financing - SNDA • Termination rights • Performance • Assignment • Audit rights
Trends in Contract Terms • Ownership • Exculpation • Non competition • Force majeure • Indemnification
Trends in Contract Terms • Interest in real property • ROFR or ROFO • Dispute resolution
Common Mistakes • Administration of existing management agreements • In negotiations of new agreements or renegotiation of existing ones
Common Mistakes In Administration of Existing Agreements: • “Fixing” the problem • Nasty letter writing • Failure to give notice • Bad Annual Plans
Common Mistakes • Enthusiastic letters • Perfecting the right to terminate does not require termination
Common Mistakes In Administration of Existing: • Permitting use of Operator’s use of hotel assets • Bypassing management audit • Forgetting asset managers can be fiduciaries too
Common Mistakes In Negotiations: • Failure to understand importance of terms to long term value • Over negotiate the agreement • Believe “We never do this!” • Confidentiality provisions
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm More than $20 Billion of Hotel Experience!
JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMAROThe premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm Jim Butler Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 310-201-3526 or jbutler@JMBM.com