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Wendy A. Hansen

Counsel

Wendy Hansen has more than 15 years of experience in the real estate and hospitality industries.

She focuses her practice on advising clients on a wide range of legal matters relevant to hospitality. This includes acquisitions, dispositions, new hotel development, complex management agreements, negotiating loans, corporate secretary work and negotiating agreements related to chef-driven restaurants.

A trusted advisor to executive management teams, Wendy leverages her deep knowledge of hospitality operations and real estate transactions to achieve organizational goals. She has extensive experience leading legal and corporate teams to address a variety of issues and deliver high-yield solutions, ranging from agreements and transactions to licensing, joint ventures, franchising, financing and corporate governance. 

Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Wendy worked as Vice President and Legal Counsel, The Americas at a major international hotel investment and management group focusing on luxury hotels, resorts, and residences. In this role, she provided strategic advice to development, finance, human resources, operations, sales and marketing departments throughout the company to ensure smooth operations. This included negotiating management and licensing agreements for hotel and residential components of mixed-use projects in locations around the world, including the United States, Israel, Chile, Grand Cayman, and St. Vincent & Grenadines. 

Prior to this role, Wendy worked as an associate in the commercial real estate practice of a major global law firm, where she initially started her career as a law clerk during law school. 

Wendy is admitted to the California, Georgia and Illinois State Bars.

  • Transactions Update & Consultations Panel, April 20, 2023, Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys Spring Meeting
  • California
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • B.A., Dartmouth College
  • M. St, Oxford University
  • J.D., University of California at Berkeley School of Law
  • Executive M.B.A, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (anticipated 2022)
Wendy Hansen

Counsel

Wendy Hansen

Counsel

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