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Michael Feldman is an Optional Service Partner in the Corporate Department, a former co-Chair of that Department, and has served on Proskauer’s Executive Committee. As former co-head of the Lodging & Gaming Group, he has represented developers, operators, owners and banks in connection with development projects, chain and property acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, management agreements, financings, restructurings, and workouts.

Michael counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions and other matters of domestic and international corporate law. He represents a number of large, well-known U.S. and non-U.S. corporate clients engaged in a broad spectrum of businesses, including the lodging and gaming, advertising, service, manufacturing and mining industries.

Noteworthy transactions include Michael’s representation of:

  • Baha Mar Development Company in a joint venture to develop a project located in Cable Beach, The Bahamas, which will include several hotels, a retail village, golf course and other facilities
  • DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners in a joint venture to acquire controlling interests in existing mixed-use resort projects in Aruba and Curacao
  • Takara Development and its U.S. subsidiary, Hiro Realty, in the development of a mixed-use facility, including a four-star hotel, in Tokyo
  • SAirRelations in the sale of the Swissôtel Hotel Group to Raffles Holdings
  • Raffles International Hotels-Resorts in connection with various hotel matters
  • Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund in the development, management and operation of The Diplomat Resort
  • Club Med in the acquisition and financing of the Crested Butte, Colorado Ski Facility and other properties and the disposition of the Copper Mountain, Colorado Ski Facility
  • Accor in its acquisition of Red Roof Inns
  • The Pivotal Group in management agreements and related financing matters with Starwood Hotel & Resorts
  • Meridien Hotels in management agreements for hotels located in North America, the acquisition and financing of hotel joint ventures, hotel ground leases, and the joint venture and sale of hotels

Michael is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and has been a guest speaker there on International law. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Administration, a moderator and panelist at the Hospitality Industry Investment Conference and an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Tisch Center. Michael is co-chair of The New York Hospitality Council, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, co-founded by Proskauer as a forum for hospitality industry leaders to discuss the key issues facing the hotel, travel and tourism industry. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc. and a member of the Boards of Directors of Northeast Insurance Company Limited and FFH Insurance Company Limited.