Golf & Private Clubs

Foley provides strategic counsel to owners, operators, developers, lenders, and investors in golf and private clubs, helping them navigate the complex regulatory, business, transactional, and operational challenges unique to the golf and private club industry. Foley assists with structuring, financing, and operations guidance to golf and private clubs to provide insight to the client in order to allow clients to maximize asset value, protect their investment, and achieve their business goals. Our key areas of focus include:

• Membership Programs & Club Governance – Advising on equity and non-equity membership structures, documentation, governance policies, and compliance with club documents.
• Management Agreements – Structuring and negotiating agreements for management and unique partnerships.
• Real Estate Development – Assisting with acquisitions, zoning, entitlements, and master-planned community developments around golf courses, private clubs, and mandatory clubs.
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Financing – Assisting with the sale, acquisition, and financing of golf clubs, resorts, and integrated hospitality assets.
• Operations – Providing legal guidance on operations, food and beverage management, and owner/guest services.
• Sponsorships & Corporate Partnerships – Negotiating sponsorships, naming rights, and strategic partnerships to enhance revenue opportunities.
• Event & Tournament Management – Structuring contracts for professional and amateur tournaments, vendor agreements, and media rights.
• Employment & Labor Compliance – Advising on workforce issues, seasonal employment, immigration, and compliance with wage and hour regulations.
• Environmental & Sustainability Compliance – Guidance with environmental regulations along with compliance with regulations related to water usage, conservation, and sustainability initiatives.
• Risk Management & Liability – Assisting with the mitigation of risks related to guest safety, course maintenance, and relationship with the community and owners’ association.

The Foley team has deep longstanding ties with the professional golf community, which facilitates our ability to make valuable introductions and unlock opportunities.

Repräsentative Kunden

• Assisted a European resort developer with corporate and tax advice, development and operating entities, and with structuring the offering of Rosewood branded residences in a luxury hotel for sale residential mixed-use, master planned community to be located in Barbuda. In addition to structuring advice, Foley’s representation included preparation of condominium, club, and purchaser offering documents.
• Repräsentierte 32 Winds, LLC, ein herausragender Club-im-Club, der im Entstehen begriffen ist und Wohnanteile und Golfmitgliedschaften in privaten Wohnclubs und Golfclubs im ganzen Land besitzt, bei der Strukturierung seiner Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung.
• Represented a client in connection with: (a) Restructuring the membership program for a prominent high-end private golf club in Georgia and preparing all new membership documents and agreements; and (b) Restructuring the cottage/bungalow occupancy agreements and the cottage/bungalow designee privileges agreements and preparing all new documents and agreements.
• Vertretung eines Hausbauunternehmens in Verbindung mit dem Erwerb des Parkland Golf & Country Club, einem Entwicklungsprojekt im Südosten Floridas, das Golf- und Country-Club-Einrichtungen in Form eines Equity-Clubs umfasste.
• Vertretung einer privaten Immobilienentwicklungsgesellschaft in Verbindung mit dem Erwerb eines Entwicklungsprojekts im Südwesten Floridas, das Golf- und Country-Club-Einrichtungen in Form eines Equity-Clubs umfasst.
• Represented a prominent high-end golf club in connection with revisions to its membership program.
• Represented an exclusive high-end private country club in connection with updating and modernizing its bylaws.
• Represented an exclusive private club in connection with revisions to their bylaws and other governing documents of the club.
• Represented an owner-operator of private golf and country clubs in the acquisition of the club known as The Club at Pasadera located in Monterey, CA.
• Represented an owner-operator of private golf and country clubs in the acquisition of the country clubs known as Northgate Country Club, located in Houston, TX, and Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club, located in Montgomery, TX.
• Vertretung von Arcis Equity Partners, LLC bei der Überarbeitung der Clubmitgliedschaftsdokumente für The Club at Pradera und The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.
• Repräsentierte Arcis Golf in Verbindung mit allen Akquisitionen von Privatclubs und der Umstrukturierung ihrer Mitgliedschaftsprogramme für Privatclubs.
• Represented developers of planned unit development, five condominium projects, golf membership program with Nicklaus and Watson design golf courses, spa, and water park.
• Represented Enterprise Car Rental and negotiated various sponsorship agreements with professional golf.
• Wir vertraten den Kaiya Club, einen in Privatbesitz befindlichen und betriebenen Sozial- und Ferienclub in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Unser Team war an der Dokumentation des Mitgliedschaftsplans für den Kaiya Club beteiligt.
• Vertrat Kitson & Partners, LLC, den Eigentümer des Ibis Golf and Country Club, eines großen Golf- und Gesellschaftsclubs, der sich im Ibis Golf and Country Club mit 1700 Einheiten in West Palm Beach, Florida, befindet, im Hinblick auf den Umsatz und die Übertragung des Clubs an seine Mitglieder und die Einführung eines Equity-Mitgliedschaftsprogramms.
• Represented large publicly traded entertainment company in the structuring and preparation of the membership documents for a private club located in a master planned residential community.
• Er vertrat den Mayacama Golf Club, einen privaten Club in Sonoma, beim Verkauf von Mitgliedschaftsanteilen auf der Grundlage einer 30-jährigen rückzahlbaren Einlage, ähnlich wie bei Mitgliedschaftsprogrammen von Golfclubs, und bei der Eintragung der Time-Share-Anteile bei der kalifornischen Behörde für Grundbesitz.
• Represented NEXUS, an international hospitality real estate and asset management company, in its new partnership to develop and manage The Wellington, a new 600-acre luxury equestrian themed residential club in Wellington, FL, designed to celebrate the best of South Florida.
• Represented one of the owners of Cordillera Golf Club, located near Vail, Colorado, in a four-year arbitration against certain of the other owners. The claim included allegations of fraud, misappropriation of funds and concealment. A favorable decision in the arbitration eventually led to the acquisition of The Club at Cordillera. Thereafter, Foley represented the debtor in a successful Chapter 11 reorganization of Cordillera Golf Club.
• Repräsentierte Rancharrah in Reno, Nevada, bei der Schaffung eines Mitgliedschaftsprogramms für einen Wohngemeinschaftsclub und der Vorbereitung von Mitgliedschaftsunterlagen.
• Er vertrat Sunroad Enterprises bei der Erstellung von Mitgliedschaftsunterlagen für den Maderas Country Club in Poway, Kalifornien.
• Er vertrat den Stanly Ranch Club (auch bekannt als The Auberge Club at Stanly Ranch) in Napa, Kalifornien, bei der Schaffung eines privaten Clubmitgliedschaftsprogramms ohne Kapitalbeteiligung und der Erstellung von Mitgliedschaftsunterlagen.
• Represented Todd Interests in preparing membership documents for Freestone, an under development residential commuity and high-end golf development in Texas.
• Represented Wheelock Street Acquisitions, LLC in structuring a whole ownership and fractional mixed-use luxury condominium with branded residences in the South Seas Resort.  The owners will be mandatory members in two clubs.
• Repräsentierte Wind Rose, einen herausragenden "Club-im-Club", und seine angeschlossenen Clubs bei der Gründung und Strukturierung des Unternehmens. Wind Rose ist ein privater Club, der Wohnanteile und Golfmitgliedschaften in privaten Wohnclubs und Golfclubs im ganzen Land besitzen wird.
• Represented a client by preparing new membership documents for TPC River’s Bend, a country club.
• Represented a client in a comprehensive analysis of existing Membership Program.
• Represented Wheelock Street Capital, LLC, a private real estate investment firm, to create two separate club memberships for a longstanding resort community in southwest Florida that the client acquired. As part of its rebranding, updating, and future development, client is creating multi-faceted amenities, marina, and social clubs for legacy owners and future owners.
• Represented a private equity firm in its connection to the restructuring of the membership program of a private golf and country club.
• Vertretung des Kunden bei der Ausarbeitung und Verhandlung eines Memorandums für eine Privatplatzierung von Mitgliedschaften in einer Golfplatz-Masterplan-Gemeinschaft in Idaho.
• Represented Murbee Resorts Inc., a high-end developer, in creating beach club documentation for its mixed-use hotel and residential development.
• Represented developer of 2200 acre planned development community with single family homes, seven condominiums, timeshare, spa, and golf (Nicklaus, Palmer, and Watson courses).
• Represented Timbers Company, a developer of mixed use residential and fractional condominium with mandatory club membership.
• Vertretung von Toll Brothers, einem führenden US-amerikanischen Hausbauunternehmen, das sich auf den Bau von Luxusimmobilien spezialisiert hat, im Zusammenhang mit dem Verkauf von sechs Golf- und Sportclubs in Maryland, Virginia und North Carolina. Außerdem beriet er bei der Neupositionierung der als Riverton Point bekannten gemischt genutzten Anlage in South Carolina, einschließlich des Entwurfs der Verwaltungsdokumente und der Dokumente zur Mitgliedschaft im Golfclub.