JMBM has the premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm. Our experience ranges from individual properties to billion-dollar portfolios. Some of the world's most sophisticated users of legal services count on JMBM's Global Hospitality Group to handle the full spectrum of legal issues. We have been involved in hundreds of transactions spanning the globe, representing more than $20 billion of total acquisitions, sales and financings of hospitality properties and companies.

JMBM's Global Hospitality Group, with more than 50 attorneys covering virtually every area of hospitality, specializes in providing legal services to owners, lenders, developers and operators of:

• Hotels & Resorts
• Development Projects
• Restaurants
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Golf Courses
• Themed Properties
• Tennis Facilities
• Sports Complexes
• Country Clubs
• Stadiums & Arenas
• Sports Clubs & Spas

Global Hospitality Group Chairman James R. Butler, Jr., who co-authored a textbook on hotel transactions, regularly speaks at and participates in industry organizations, meetings and activities. Mr. Butler’s practice focuses on the intersection of law, hospitality and value creation--whether in hotel development, financing, purchase and sale, management/franchise arrangements (whether negotiating new agreements, or re-negotiating or terminating old ones) or other hotel issues.

The Group is sought by the media on a regular basis for its expert business and legal commentary. In addition to publishing the Global Hospitality Advisor five times a year, the Group has produced and hosted annual and quarterly hospitality conferences, including Meet the Money®, for the past 13 years.
 

• Catching the Buzz on Condo Hotels, A Roundtable Discussion / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / December 2004
• Outlook 2005: Hotel Industry Fundamentals, Where have we been? Where are we going? / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / December 2004
• How to Master Your Next Disaster Protect your guests, educate your employees, and limit your liability / Julia L. Rider / JMBM / October 2004
• Wage & Hour Class Action Lawsuits: Hospitality Employers Caught in the Cross Hairs / Marta Fernandez / JMBM / September 2004
• Adopting Pet And Service Animal Policies To Avoid Lawsuits from Disabled Hotel Guests / Marty Orlick / JMBM / September 2004
• Politics Over, New ‘Overtime’ Law Takes Effect; The Significant Changes / JMBM / September 2004 
• Hotel Franchise Agreements: Opportunities And Pitfalls / JMBM / September 2004
• ADA Lawsuit Alert: Beware the Internet Surf-by; A new twist on the ADA drive-by lawsuit / JMBM / September 2004
• Outlook 2004: A Roundtable Discussion / Hotel Industry Fundamentals / Focus on Financing / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / January  2004
• Hotel Unions Challenging Work Rules Found in Hotel Employer / The Global Hospitality Advisor Handbooks; Claim Interference with Employees’ Rights to Organize / JMBM / October 2003
• Wage and Hour Lawsuits and Audits Continue to Sweep the Hospitality Industry / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / October 2003
• Prepare NOW for an ADA Attack Myths and Tips on How to Minimize Exposure / JMBM / October 2003
• Sarbanes-Oxley Update / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / Arpil 2003
• Equal Public Access or Access to Deep Pockets? The Hospitality Industry Remains a Target of Lawsuits by Disability Rights Groups Under the Americans with  Disabilities Act/ The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / March 2003
• Outlook 2003: A Roundtable Discussion / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / Dec 2002
• I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore! / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / Oct 2002
• Corporate Corruption Act Clean Up Affects Hotel Companies Too / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / Oct 2002
• Time Bomb Waiting to Explode: Wage & hour Claims Over Exempt Employees / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / Oct 2002
• Strategic Hotel Capital Files Lawsuit  Against Marriott International Inc. / JMBM / Aug 2002
• Top Ten Investment Challenges Facing the Lodging Industry / Lodging Industry Investment Council / April 2002 
• Settlement Procedure Available to California Hotels Plagued by Prop 65 Cases - The Global Hospitality Advisor / April  2002
• Decertifying a Union? The Employer’s Bill of Rights/ The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / April 2002 
• Outlook 2002: A Roundtable Discussion /  Bruce Baltin, Bjorn Hanson, Randy Smith, Jack Westergom - The Global Hospitality Advisor / January 2002
• Living in the Wake: Predictions & Practical Implications / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / December 2001 / The Global Hospitality Advisor / Decmber 2001
• New Rules for Hotel Workouts: REMICs for Dummies / The Global Hospitality Advisor / Decmber 2001
• Avoiding Liability for Lay-Offs / The Global Hospitality Advisor / December 2001
• When is an Apartment a Hotel ... and Who Cares? / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / September 2001
• The 'Perfect Storm' / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / September 2001
• Richard Kessler's Grand Theme Hotels - Interview with GHG Chairman Jim Butler / JMBM / March 2001 
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Burden Eased for Hotel Industry Mergers  / JMBM / March 2001 
• Foreign Soil Investments - U.S. Title Insurance Protection / JMBM / March 2001 
• OSHA Requires All Employers To Provide An Ergonomic Workplace / JMBM / March 2001
• Outlook 2001: A Roundtable Discussion The Global Hospitality Advisor / Jan 2001
• Stephen Rushmore's  Industry Trends / Top Markets, Predictions & Opportunities 
• Perspectives on Hotel Financing in 2001; Jim Butler, JMBM's Global Hospitality Group Chairman, Interviews Two Active Players in Hotel Finance / Jan 2001
• Yesawich's Consumer Trends: Internet Irony / Jan 2001
• Robert J. Morse: Millennium’s New President / Interview with GHG Chairman Jim Butler / Nov 2000
• San Diego: Hot, Hot, Hot! / JMBM / Nov 2000
• Proposition 65:  “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!”  An Update on Tobacco Cases / Also - Employment Law Bulletin: California Supreme Court Okays Arbitration of Employment Disputes / JMBM / Nov 2000
• Michael A. DeNicola: Lend Lease's New Hotel Chief / Jim Butler Q & A / JMBM / Aug 2000
• Recent California Supreme Court Ruling: Wages Due for  "Non-Working" Employees / JMBM / Aug 2000
• Union Campaigns: Focus on Hotels / JMBM / Aug 2000
• Preparing for Disasters  (& Successful Insurance Claims) / JMBM / Aug 2000
• Financing IS Available For Smart Hotel Development / JMBM / Aug 2000
• Woodley Road: The Consultant's View -  The Global Hospitality Advisor interview with  Don Winter, a First-hand Insider's View / March 2000
• Annual Review of the Mexican Lodging Market / JMBM / March 2000
• Olympus Making Bold Moves; Spends $1 Million Buying the Rockresort Brand Name / JMBM / March 2000
• Do You Need a Disaster Plan Audit?  10 Questions to Help You Decide / JMBM / February, 2000
• Thunder over Woodley Road /  A first jury verdict focusing on the consequences for a hotel operator failing to meet its “fiduciary” duties to the hotel’s owner / February 2000
• Outlook 2000 - A Roundtable Discussion  / Also: '90s Trends That Didn't Make It - JMBM / December 1999
• If You Can't Stand the Smoke, Get out of the Pub / JMBM / December 1999
• Kleisner on the New Wyndham / JMBM’s Jim Butler Q & A - October, 1999
• A “Free Lunch?”  - October, 1999
• You Don't Have to Give It All Up! (With a Union Neutrality Agreement) / JMBM / April 1999
• Review of the 1998 Mexican Lodging Market / JMBM / April 1999
• What Foreign Employers Fear The Most: The Sexual Harassment Lawsuit - February 1999
• California Hotel Legal Alert: 60-Day Notices and Claims under Prop. 65 - December 1998
• Straight Talk from KPMG's Nardozza - December 1998
• The Art of the Deal…in Mexico - October 1998
• Wandering Thru the Permit “Woods?”  Navigating Through Your Local, State & Federal Laws - August, 1998
• Hospitality industry employers are among the hardest hit when it comes to sexual harassment litigation - August, 1998
• For an Acquisition or Reflagging: What’s In a Name? - August, 1998
• “Meet the Money ’98” A Dramatic Success - August, 1998
• Of Paper Clips and Staples, Evolving Legal Structures for Hospitality REITSs - April, 1998
• Labor and Employment Alert - April, 1998
• Layoffs Bring Double Payment for Age Discrimination Claims - February, 1998
• Are You Ready for Y2K? - February, 1998
• Hotel Opportunities in Japan? JMBM in Japan and Asia - February, 1998
• JMBM Hotel Lawyer Profile: Marta M. Fernandez - December, 1997
• Mexico: Opportunities and Pitfalls in a Unique Hotel Market  October, 1997
• Are You Ready for that "Disastrous" Phone Call at 3:00 A.M.  October, 1997
• HAWAII: Pitfalls in a Unique Hotel Market August, 1997
• Hotel Investment on the Rise, JMBM “Show Me the Money!” Hotel Conference Panelists Concur June, 1997
• Continuing & Emerging Trends: Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. New Lodging Construction Analysis   April, 1997
• The Hotel Acquisition Process   March, 1997
• California Dreamin’ Latest Gaming Developments  March, 1997
• Rushmore Looks Into the Next Millennium   March, 1997
• Hyatt Regency St. John, USVI Case: “Dangerous Opportunity” for Owners? Call for Management Agreement Audit™  October, 1996
• Hotel Tax Update: “Free Meals”  October, 1996
• Unions Get Tough on Hospitality October, 1996
• Vacation Ownership  December, 1995
• Interest in Luxury Hotels is Coming Back Summer, 1995
• The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: The Impact on the Hotel Industry  December, 1995
• Past Hotel Industry Problems Present Opportunities for Savvy Lenders  August, 1994