GIESEN | KENNY provides unparalleled legal and consulting services to our clients throughout the golf, resort and hospitality industry. We analyze and assess critical issues relating to the various types of club structures, including right-to-use or non-equity clubs, equity clubs, and association-owned clubs and tailor programs to achieve each client’s goals.
Given the highly complex nature of membership programs, our attorneys are also well versed and seasoned in tax and securities laws and regulations. Through a seamless approach we are able to ensure that our clients’ membership programs comply with and maximize the benefits available under all applicable securities, income tax, and property tax laws.
Members of our Golf & Resort Practice Group have designed and implemented numerous membership programs, including those at the following prominent national and international clubs and resorts:
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In addition to designing and implementing numerous membership programs, our attorneys also possess expertise in the areas of conversions of one type of program to another, such as conversion of a non-equity to an equity member-owned club; club acquisitions; turnovers of equity clubs; development; financing; and construction of golf and resort properties. With backgrounds that encompass real estate, business, environmental, construction, public finance, and litigation, our attorneys combine skill and experience to guide our clients in developments containing golf and resort amenities.
In today's regulatory climate, nearly every development project is impacted by environmental, water, permitting and zoning issues. GIESEN | KENNY's attorneys have extensive experience in areas of environmental and water laws, regulations, permitting, compliance and clean-up. We assist our clients through the complex and technical process of securing environmental permits from local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. These permits include: wetland mitigation, wastewater treatment plants, stormwater management, water use, and other types of permits.
Our broad and diverse experience also includes extensive representation of clients constructing and operating desalination facilities. Through key affiliations established by our attorneys with the foremost technical experts in this field, we have assisted clients with all aspects of desalination facilities.
As experts in the golf and resort arena, GIESEN | KENNY's attorneys remain on the forefront of industry developments through their affiliation and involvement with industry related associations such as the Urban Land Institute and the International Desalination Association.