Lynn Cadwalader

Biography: Lynn K. Cadwalader is a partner in the San Francisco Office of DLA Piper LLP (US). She is admitted to the bar in both California and Colorado, and is ranked globally in Leisure & Hospitality by Chambers. Lynn represents clients investing in acquiring, developing and operating hotels and mixed-use projects in the United States and internationally, including Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Lynn’s practice has expanded globally to include providing legal and business advice to foreign investors seeking to invest in hospitality and real estate assets in the US. Lynn represents private equity firms, developers, owners and operators in all facets of hospitality and mixed-use real estate investment and development, including both single property and complex multi-state portfolio transactions. Through her many years of practice in this hospitality sector, she understands the business, operational and legal aspects involved in negotiating the key transaction documents involved in this area, including purchase and sale agreements, hotel management agreements and related sales and marketing, pre-opening and technical service, and development agreements. Lynn is well known for her ability to craft workable solutions to tough legal and business issues. Her clients think of her as a business advisor as much as a lawyer. Many of her projects in the mixed-use area involve a sophisticated blend of concepts and uses contained in one integrated campus, requiring extensive planning and coordination of all components of the project to insure seamless operation. Lynn is adept at creating hotel mixed-use legal structures that take into account varying uses and operational needs. More specifically, her work in the hotel and mixed-use development area involves structuring the relationship between the hotel operator, the developer, key retail tenants, the master condominium and residential unit owners, and the owners associations governi