Tricia Mahlstedt focuses her practice on hospitality law, representing hotel owners, developers, investors and management companies. Her practice covers various aspects of hotel related matters for clients whose properties are located throughout the United States as well as in international locations, including hotel acquisitions and sales, joint venture negotiations, financing matters, leases, management agreements, franchise agreements and food and beverage operating agreements, as well as day-to-day hotel operational matters. Previously, Tricia was an Associate General Counsel at Interstate Hotels, the nation's largest independent hotel management company, for six years. While serving in that capacity, Tricia's practice covered general corporate transactional matters of the publicly-held company, including mergers and acquisitions, as well as hotel operational matters. Specifically, Tricia had major responsibility in negotiation and administration of hotel management agreements, hotel acquisitions, joint ventures and financing transactions, as well as securities transaction and reporting matters.
Tricia also has several years of experience practicing general corporate and real estate law outside of the hospitality area, with experience in commercial lending transactions (including SBA loans), real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and merger and acquisition transactions.
Representative Matters
· Along with other members of the Hospitality Practice, serving as sole outside counsel for negotiation of all management agreements for several third-party hotel management companies;
· Representation of a hotel owner/developer in all aspects of its acquisition of nine limited-service hotels located in three different states, including the $55 million securitized loan financing, management agreements with the seller and franchise and licensing matters;
· Representation of a hotel management company as investor and operator in joint venture transactions for the development of multiple hotels throughout the United States, including negotiation of entity operating agreements, franchise agreements and management agreements.
Professional Affiliations
Allegheny County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Community Involvement
Reflections of Grace Foundation, Board Member