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Michael S. Kosmas
Washington, D.C.
Michael Kosmas led Stroock’s Hospitality
& Leisure practice. throughout the
United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Over the past thirty years he has represented some of
the world’s largest and most sophisticated hotel owners,
brand manages and hotel operators in connection
with the development, acquisition, disposition, and
昀椀nancing of more than 750 hotel and resort properties
on six continents around the globe. He has particular
experience in drafting and negotiating complex
franchise and management contracts between hotel
owners, hotel brands and operators, and has also
led the legal team for the development of numerous
mixed-use projects with hotel and branded residences
components, as well as public private partnership
deals. He has devoted a signi昀椀cant part of his pro bono
service to addressing the real estate and other needs of
charitable organizations in the Washington, DC area.
Prior to private practice, Michael served for nearly a
decade as a senior Congressional aide to the late U.S.
Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley, namesake of the
Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
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