Andrew MacGeoch
Andrew MacGeoch
Andrew MacGeoch
Partner and Head of Asia Real Estate & Infrastructure Group and Global Co-Head of Hospitality & Leisure Group
Biography
A market-leader in the Corporate Real Estate, Hospitality and Project sectors. Andrew has been representing developers, owners, institutional investors, governments and statutory corporations for nearly 30 years in Asia on a range of development matters.
He has extensive experience in dealing with infrastructure developments and mixed-use projects from power generating plants to stadia, multi-purpose venues and exhibition centres with a significant focus on hospitality projects and integrated resorts. He is passionate about principled negotiations, problem solving and the drafting of the full range of corporate and commercial agreements required for such projects (including joint ventures, project concession and development agreements, facilities management, leases and related contracts. His practice involves projects throughout Asia. He is best known for his work across Hong Kong SAR, Macau, Mainland China, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.
He regularly advises on the drafting and negotiation of hotel management and related agreements and has been involved in transactions (acting primarily for owners) involving more than 50 hotel and lodging brands. These include the Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, Marriott, Intercontinental, Sofitel, Grand Hyatt, Aman, Shangri-la, St. Regis, W, Sheraton, Regent, Mandarin Oriental, Six Senses, Le Meridien, Novotel and many other brands for hotels and serviced apartments.
THE SUSTAINABILITY IMPERATIVE
Spoken Languages
- English
Admissions
- England and Wales (non-practicing)
- Hong Kong
Related Practice Areas
Real Estate Sector
Redevelopment
Hotels and Hospitality
Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Team
Sustainable Real Estate
Real Estate
Infrastructure
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Commercial Real Estate
Betting & Gaming
Corporate
Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
Licensing
Experience
- Advising a Hong Kong SAR statutory body for an expansion project in Hong Kong SAR which includes advising on the terms of the draft land grant supplied by the Legal Advisory and Conveyancing Office.
- Advising an international manufacturer on its sale and leaseback transaction regarding a 20,725 square metre factory site in the PRC with a state-owned enterprise as buyer.
- Advising the client as a shareholder in a JVCO in relation to a proposed tender for the hotel operator of an existing luxury hotel property in Hong Kong SAR.
- Advised a prominent Hong Kong SAR property developer on various Hotel Management Agreement contracts and various COVID-related matters for a branded hotel in Shanghai.
- Represented a private equity fund on the hotel management agreements in connection with a resort in Asia, including a settlement agreement to mutually agree termination of the HMA.
- Advised hotel owners on the conversion and rebranding of hotels in Hong Kong SAR.
- Advised hotel owners in Macau on HMA force majeure clauses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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