About Michael J. Sullivan

Michael J. Sullivan is Co-Chair of the firm’s Hospitality Group. Mike has wide-ranging experience in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded residences and condo-hotels; management, franchise and operating agreements for hotels; publicly financed hotel management agreements; construction and permanent financings (balance sheet and CMBS); the purchase of distressed mortgage debt instruments secured by hospitality-related real estate; tokenized real estate securities offerings and secondary market trading structures.

Concentrations

•Representation of owners in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded mixed-use hotel, residence and condo-hotel projects
•Hotel management agreements, condo hotel rental program agreements, and franchise agreements; publicly financed hotel management agreements
•Restaurant leases and operating agreements
•Real estate sale-leaseback transactions
•Workouts and restructurings
•Hotel construction, mezzanine, bridge and term financings representing owners
•Commercial, ground and net leasing
•Lender representation in hospitality asset financings, including cash management agreements, mortgage and mezzanine financings, intercreditor agreements, SNDAs, and comfort letters
•Tokenized real estate securities offerings and secondary market trading structures

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
•Real Estate Law, 2005-2026
•Leisure and Hospitality Law, 2015-2026
•Named, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Leisure and Hospitality Law, Orlando, 2017
•Listed, Who's Who Legal, 2024
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Real Estate and Leisure Hospitality, 2004-2025
•Listed, Latin Lawyer, 'Latin Lawyer 250 - Practice Recognition: Real Estate & Tourism,' 2020-2026
•Listed, Lawdragon, 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024-2025
•Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2010, 2013, 2017-2018, and 2022
•Team Member, a Law360 “Hospitality Practice Group of the Year,” 2017, 2020-2022
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2007-2010, 2012 and 2019
•Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers, 'Law Firm of the Year' in Real Estate Law, 2015
•Listed, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Orlando Real Estate Law, 2013
•Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, 'Top Tier' Firm in Real Estate, 2013 and 2014
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2014
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2011-2013, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0

 

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Areas of Law

  • Real Estate
  • Other 3
    • Hospitality
    • Real Estate Finance
    • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder; Co-Chair, Hospitality Group
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Represented Related Cos. in its sale of the 346-room W Fort Lauderdale for $153 million.
    Represented Zinf
    el Holdings, LLC in the $317,500,000 sale of the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, Florida to MPB Property, LLC, an affiliate of Larry Ellison.
    Represented Houston-based RIDA Development
    Los Angeles-based Ares Management in the acquisition of the 1,641-room Hyatt Regency Orl
    o
    a 45-acre parcel of adjacent l
    for approximately $1.07 billion, in what is believed to be the largest hotel transaction in 2024 in the United States.
    Representation of Shipyards Trustee Jacksonville, LLC
    Iguana Investments Florida, LLC in negotiations of definitive agreements for the Four Seasons Hotel
    Private Residences Jacksonville Downtown in Jacksonville, Florida.
    Represented Intursa, a subsidiary of Breca, in an agreement with U.S. property management firm Highgate, to manage six Peruvian Hotels.
    Represented an affiliate of Nolan Reynolds International in a $80 Million private real estate offering of limited partnership interests in a Delaware Limited Partnership, NRI Real Token LP ('Operating Partnership'), which is a subsidiary of a newly formed Maryl
    Corporation, NRI Real Estate Investment
    Technology, Inc. that will elect REIT tax status. The REIT shares will be digitized using blockchain technology
    become eligible for trading on secondary market exchanges (i.e., one or more Alternative Trading Systems). The Maryl
    Corporation is registered under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    became a reporting company to facilitate secondary market trading
    provide enhanced investor transparency.
    Represent citizenM Hotels in the acquisition of properties in North America, including fee simple acquisitions, acquisitions by ground lease, co-development joint venture investments,
    in development
    construction financings, operating leases, hotel management agreements
    related development
    operations matters.
    Represented LaPlaya, LLC, an affiliate of the Barron Collier Companies
    Noble House Hotels & Resorts, in the sale of the LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Florida to an affiliate of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB).
    Represented, as part of a team, Anbang Insurance Group Co. in both the acquisition of the Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel from Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
    a long-term hotel management agreement
    related agreements with Hilton.
    Represented Starwood Capital Group in negotiation of a long-term hotel management agreement with Sunshine Group, a Chinese Insurance Company, for the management of the Baccarat Hotel located in Midtown Manhattan.
    Represented an affiliate of Lionheart Capital, LLC in the negotiation of a hotel management agreement
    related agreements with Sustainable Luxury Mauritius Limited for the Six Senses Resort in Tola, Nicaragua.
    Represented an affiliate of Ironstate Development Company, LLC in the negotiation of a hotel management agreement with HotelsAB, LLC for The Cooper Square Hotel, New York City.
    Represented an affiliate of GFI Capital in the negotiation of a hotel management agreement
    related agreements with Ace Group for the Ace Hotel Brooklyn.
    Represented Hilton Hotels Corporation in connection with the development
    management of a 500-room Waldorf Astoria
    a 1,000-room Hilton in the Bonnet Creek master development near Disney World in Orl
    o, Florida.
    Represented Hilton Hotels Corporation in the l
    acquisition, joint venture agreement negotiations, hotel management agreement negotiations,
    local government permitting
    entitlements with respect to the 1,400-room Hilton Hotel under construction on International Drive in Orange County, Florida.
    Represented Hilton Hotels Corporation in the sale of various U.S.-located hotels
    the negotiation of hotel management agreements with the purchasers as part of a sale/managed back disposition strategy.
    Represented owners
    hotel br
    s in luxury
    upper upscale hotel ownership
    development joint ventures
    related hotel management agreements.
    Represented owners in the negotiation of hotel management agreements involving luxury
    upper-upscale hotels in the United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, South America
    Africa.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1984, Florida
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
    •Past Board Member, YMCA, Orlando Metropolitan, Board of Directors
    •Past Chairman, Aspire Charter Academy School, Orlando, Florida, Board of Directors
    •Past Faculty, Practicing Law Institute (Hospitality)
    •Member, Central Florida Yale Club
    •Member, Yale College Alumni, Real Estate Association
    •Past Member, Orange County, International Drive Community Redevelopment Area, Advisory Board

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Connecticut School of Law
    Class of 1984
    J.D.
    with honors
    Other Education
    Yale University
    Class of 1980
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1957
    New Haven, Connecticut, 1957

Contact Michael J. Sullivan

Shareholder; Co-Chair, Hospitality Group at Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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450 South Orange Avenue, Suite 650Orlando, FL 32801U.S.A.

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  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Michael J. Sullivan was admitted in 1984 to the State of Florida.
  • Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?
    Yes, Michael J. Sullivan has a 5.0 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Michael J. Sullivan attended University of Connecticut School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.