Opening a Restaurant in New York City: Legal Issue Bootcamp

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This program will focus on the corporate, real estate, liquor license, and labor/employment issues involved in opening a restaurant in New York City. Learn about the choices of legal entity to form for restaurant projects, investment and management structures, purchase and sales transactions and transfer liability. Review buy vs. lease issues, build outs, provisions regarding including assignment, contingencies, and guarantees. Find out the requirements for obtaining on and off premises liquor licenses and how to navigate the process and procedure before the New York State Liquor Authority and the local Community Boards. Learn about overtime, sex harassment policies, spread of hours, the 80/20 rule, tip credit, non-compete restrictions, and other essential labor and employment issues.

  Program Fee:
  $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
  In-House Counsel: Free for Members | $219 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $99 for Members

  Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2018-2020), Judges, or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Donald Bernstein
  Bernstein Redo P.C.

  Vivianna Morales
  Pechman Law Group PLLC

  Jasmine L. Moy
  Jasmine L. Moy Law P.C.

  Christy L. Reuter
  Meister Seelig & Fein LLP

  Ilan Weiser
  Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

• 9:00 am – 9:10 am                   Introduction & Overview

  Louis Pechman                      

  9:10 am – 10:00 am                 Corporate Considerations

  • LLC v. corporation – entity choices for restaurants
  • Corporate structures for startup restaurants and restaurant groups
  • Investment in restaurant businesses – typical investment terms
  • Acquiring a restaurant business – factors to consider for a purchase of assets or equity of an existing business

  Jasmine L. Moy

  10:05 am – 10:55 am               Real Estate Issues

  • Key money deals v. raw spaces
  • Negotiating the term sheet
  • Due diligence required when checking out a space
  • Lease sections to pay attention to for restaurants

  Christy Reuter

   

  10:55 am – 11:10 am               Break

  11:10 am – 12:00 pm              Liquor License Issues

  • Issues the SLA will be concerned with
  • Who may or may not be licensed
  • What premises may or may not be licensed
  • The 200-foot rule and the public interest test of the 500-foot rule
  • What happens at a Community Board meeting and how to prepare

  Donald Bernstein

   

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                Labor and Employment Considerations

  • Wage Notices, minimum wage and overtime issues
  • I-9 Compliance
  • Hospitality Wage Order
  • Sex harassment policies and recommended best practices

  Ilan Weiser and Vivianna Morales

   

• New York: 4.0 Professional Practice
  New Jersey: 4.0 general
  California: 4.3 general
  Pennsylvania: 3.5 general
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

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  Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Hospitality Law, Jack A. Gordon, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org