California Restaurant Attorneys: Offering Real Estate and Business Legal Advice For Hospitality Businesses and Restaurant Owners
Our clients are a mix of new entrepreneurs, franchised business owners, and seasoned restauranteurs. No matter where you fall in your hospitality journey, we can represent you. Nakase Wade will exceed expectations in all legal matters, including franchise agreements, contract law, and litigation.
We have decades of business and real estate law experience, the majority of it representing hospitality businesses. Whatever issue you are facing, we have seen it all before and will guide you through it in a simple, easy-to-understand way. We regularly handle the following for our hospitality clients:
We have worked with hundreds of clients who are either franchising their business or buying a franchise. Regardless of whether you are the franchisor or franchisee, we will ensure your personal and business interests are protected, and the structure is in place for your success. Nakase Wade has also handled countless restaurant leases and employment agreements. We are your one-stop-shop for handling all your legal needs and offering well-informed advice.
Our clients are a mix of chain restaurants and local mom and pop establishments in LA. No matter your size, we will be devoted to your success and be there to advise you every step of the way. Whatever questions you have, we ensure we are accessible and will explain everything thoroughly. If you are looking for a legal partner for your restaurant or hospitality business, then call the leading California restaurant attorneys at Nakase Wade.
Other California Restaurant Attorneys
If you decide not to retain Nakase Wade restaurant attorneys, here are other California restaurant attorneys (no endorsement):
- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP – “JMBMunderstands the fast-paced and competitive nature of the restaurant industry. Our attorneys have represented the legal needs of the restaurant business for decades, acting as trusted advisors and rigorous advocates for all aspects of a company’s business. Website
- Karlin Law Firm LLP – “Orange County Attorneys Who Understand Your Restaurant Business Needs… Restaurant Legal Advising. The Karlin Law Firm LLP is committed to assisting individuals throughout Southern California with varied business transactions and disputes related to owning, operating, buying and selling a restaurant (including fast-food chain restaurants/franchises and casual dining restaurants). Website
- Ryan P. McClure – “If you drive anywhere in the Inland Empire you will notice restaurants of all sizes. Most are small establishments while some are large franchised or chain restaurants. If you own a restaurant in San Bernardino or Riverside County California you understand the complexity and difficulty in managing and running a restaurant of any size.” Website
- Simpson Delmore Greene – “Hospitality Law Attorneys In San Diego. If you own or are looking to open a restaurant, tavern, brewery, winery or bar in San Diego, our firm can help you meet the demands and challenges of the hospitality business whether you are running a franchise or a single-location business. Website
- California Small Business – “San Diego Restaurant Lawyer. Attorneys at California Small Business Law™, have particular knowledge in the restaurant and food industry. Whether your issue involves distributor or food service industry contracts, spoilage, independent contractors, construction defect, food safety, or personal injury, we can help.” Website
- DPA – “We know more than just the law of the Hospitality Industry, we have intimate knowledge of how hotels operate, how they succeed, and how they fail. We find great satisfaction seeing our clients succeed and will use all of our legal and operational expertise to meet your needs.” Website
- Mazzarella & Mazzarella – “For more than 25 years, Mazzarella & Mazzarella, and its predecessor firms, have represented a wide assortment of individuals and companies engaged in the hospitality industry. We have represented the owners of numerous large full service hotels (such as: The San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina; The Manchester Grand Hyatt; The Grand Del Mar; The U.S. Grant; the Pasadena Doubletree and The Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay (Formerly the Monterey Doubletree.) in disputes with their management companies and franchisors. We also have represented many owners of limited service hotel and motel properties, as well as a variety of restaurant owners and operators.” Website
- Pillsbury – “Pillsbury’s Restaurant, Food & Beverage lawyers provide comprehensive counsel to industry clients on day-to-day operational, compliance, and commercial issues, M&A and corporate transactions, regulatory challenges, and class action and general litigation. illsbury is one of only a few major international law firms with significant restaurant, alcoholic beverage, and packaged-food and beverage practices. We offer our clients a core group of industry-focused lawyers and consultants with deep sector knowledge, global reach, and extensive experience regarding all of the challenges restaurant, food and beverage industry participants face. From brand protection, intellectual property optimization, franchising and brand licensing, to corporate, operational, and securities matters, to leasing, litigation, insurance recovery, and regulatory compliance, Pillsbury lawyers provide business guidance, regulatory advice, and litigation support backed by the resources and capabilities of a full-service law firm.” Website
- Michelman & Robinson – “Lawyers at M&R have unparalleled experience serving the hospitality industry. They routinely represent hotel, resort and restaurant owners, operators, franchisors, franchisees, developers and financiers in an array of transactional and litigation matters. Indeed, the firm has assembled a vertically integrated, interdisciplinary team of practitioners (the Hospitality Group) that applies a collective fluency in the hospitality space to drive superior results. No matter the practice area – labor and employment, intellectual property, cybersecurity and privacy, commercial and business litigation, real estate, or general corporate law – M&R’s Hospitality Group has the interests of its clients covered.” Website
- Troy Gould -Our food and beverage practice is made up of corporate and litigation attorneys with significant experience who help our clients with creative and practical solutions to legal issues that arise in the restaurant industry. On the corporate side, our attorneys have a deep bench of experience with startup business entity formation (including corporations and limited liability companies), raising capital to start or grow the business (equity and debt financings), employment agreements, partnership arrangements, mergers and acquisitions (buying and selling businesses), real estate matters (including buying and leasing real estate space), trademark protection, franchising and licensing deals, and tax structuring. Our experienced litigators efficiently handle a wide range of litigation (and pre-litigation) matters including contract issues, trade secrets, employment, and other business disputes. Our practical and solutions-focused approach helps our clients to anticipate problems and risks before they emerge, and address them as efficiently as possible. Our clients include restaurants of all sizes, food, beverage, and supplement producers, alcohol distributors and importers, franchisors, growers, supermarket chains, and wellness and nutrition companies.” Website
- Lewis Brisbois – “Our litigators are experienced trial attorneys who represent members of the hospitality industry in all types of disputes in state and federal courts across the nation. We represent hotels and restaurants in litigation involving premises liability, negligent security, liquor liability, franchise disputes, employment and labor, contract disputes, environmental matters (including California Proposition 65 claims), construction, bankruptcy, and intellectual property. In addition, we have extensive experience in government regulatory matters involving zoning, licensing, and environmental disputes.” Website