We have a longstanding history of representing high-end restaurants, renowned hotel chains, and prominent high street retail brands. With a proven track record of over two decades, we understand the ever-changing dynamics of the industry, driven by rapid innovation, shifting consumer behaviours, and disruptive market entrants.
Navigating the highly competitive and complex regulatory landscape requires strategic solutions, and our team is well-equipped to provide the guidance and support you need. We help you embrace change, overcome challenges, and seize opportunities for growth.
Our expertise in the retail and hospitality sector encompasses the following key areas:
Commercial Real Estate
Our firm offers comprehensive support in real estate transactions to ensure that your property arrangements align with your business goals. This includes:
Lease Negotiations
Our firm’s experts assist our clients in negotiating favourable lease agreements for their retail stores, restaurant spaces, and hotel properties. We ensure that the terms encompass any special considerations specific to the location or property.
Property Acquisitions
Our team conducts meticulous due diligence and negotiations when our clients are considering purchasing real estate for their retail or hospitality ventures, ensuring they make informed decisions that align with their expansion goals.
Franchise Agreements
We provide legal support when our clients are exploring franchising opportunities, ensuring that franchise agreements adhere to both industry best practices and legal requirements.
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Corporate Immigration
For businesses in the retail and hospitality sector seeking international talent or navigating cross-border operations, we assist with immigration matters, including:
Global Workforce Strategy
Our clients rely on us to develop comprehensive immigration strategies that facilitate international talent acquisition and cross-border operations. This includes securing the necessary work permits and visas for their employees, chefs, managers, and other key personnel.
Business Expansion Support
When our clients plan to open new locations or expand their operations internationally, we guide them through the immigration intricacies of hiring and relocating staff, ensuring a smooth transition.
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Employment
We provide strategic advice and representation on employment matters to ensure compliance with employment laws while fostering a positive and productive work environment. This includes:
Tailored Employment Contracts
We draft customised employment contracts that protect our clients’ interests while ensuring that roles, responsibilities, compensation, and benefits are clearly defined for their staff in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Workplace Policies
We help our clients develop comprehensive workplace policies that comply with employment laws, addressing issues such as anti-discrimination, harassment, and health and safety regulations, fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
Employee relation advice
In the event of workplace disputes, we provide expert advice and other ancillary services such as investigation services resolve conflicts efficiently and amicably, minimising disruption to our clients’ operations.
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Corporate & Commercial
We provide strategic and commercially orientated legal advice with a focus on protecting your interests while fostering successful collaborations to drive business growth. Our extensive experience with retail and hospitality clients has given us a deep insight and understanding into this sector and our commercial team can advise on all a wide array of commercial agreements for clients in this sector, including:
Intellectual Property Licensing
We work with you where you want to license your brand and intellectual property to other businesses to generate additional revenue streams to ensure that you can maintain control over brand integrity.
Supplier and Vendor Contracts
Drafting and negotiating contracts with suppliers, distributors, and business partners to ensure consistent product quality, timely deliveries, and mutually beneficial relationships.
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic collaborations with complementary businesses, such as retail brands with emerging designers and other joint venture arrangements.
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At Quastels, we take pride in being more than just legal advisors; we act as your strategic partners in achieving your commercial objectives. Our specialist knowledge and skills are dedicated to offering tailored solutions that reduce risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and position your business for long-term success in the fast-paced and hyper-competitive retail and hospitality landscape.
Get in touch
If you have an enquiry or would like to work with Quastels
you can phone us or use our online enquiry form to contact us.
