Joseph A. "Joe" Guay - Lawyer in New York, NY

Joseph A. Guay serves as the firm's Real Estate Sectionleader. His practice is focused in the areas of real estate, businessand commercial lending with a strong emphasis in hotel and resort developmentand hospitality law including hotel acquisitions and dispositions, developmentand finance, mixed-use development projects, hotel management agreements,branded residential projects, restaurant agreements and general hotel operationmatters throughout the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. He representsnational hotel company owners and operators, pension fund advisors andinvestment funds, and real estate development companies, institutional lendersand investment banks.

Mr. Guay's practice also includes representing real estate companies inconnection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing ofcommercial real estate assets — including, office and multifamily properties andthe structuring of joint venture agreements in connection with businessformations to own and operate such real estate.

Mr. Guay has prepared and negotiated purchase and sale agreements, jointventure agreements, commercial and retail leases, antenna licenses and leaseswith telecommunication companies, «celebrity chef» restaurant leases, licensesand consulting agreements and a variety of ancillary real estate relateddocuments.