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.

Clientes representativos

• 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.
• Representó a 32 Winds, LLC, un preeminente club-dentro-de-un-club que está en proceso de ser que posee intereses residenciales y membresías de golf en clubes residenciales privados y clubes de golf ubicados en todo el país, en la estructuración de su entidad de sociedad de responsabilidad limitada.
• 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.
• Representó a un constructor de viviendas en relación con la adquisición de Parkland Golf & Country Club, un proyecto de desarrollo situado en el sureste de Florida, que incluía instalaciones de golf y de club de campo estructuradas como un club de equidad.
• Representó a una empresa privada de desarrollo inmobiliario en relación con la adquisición de un proyecto de desarrollo en el suroeste de Florida, que incluye instalaciones de golf y club de campo estructurado como un club de equidad.
• 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.
• Representó a Arcis Equity Partners, LLC en la revisión de los documentos de afiliación a los clubes The Club at Pradera y The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.
• Representó a Arcis Golf en relación con todas sus adquisiciones de clubes privados y la reestructuración de sus programas de afiliación a clubes privados.
• 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.
• Representamos a Kaiya Club, un club privado de propiedad y gestión de instalaciones sociales y de resort situado en Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Nuestro equipo asistió en la documentación del plan de membresía para el Kaiya Club.
• Representó a Kitson & Partners, LLC, propietario de Ibis Golf and Country Club, un gran club social y de golf situado en la comunidad planificada de 1700 unidades de Ibis Golf and Country Club, en West Palm Beach, Florida, en relación con la venta y transmisión del club a sus miembros y la implantación de un programa de socios capitalistas.
• 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.
• Representó a Mayacama Golf Club, un club privado situado en Sonoma, en su venta de participaciones de socio basadas en un depósito reembolsable a 30 años, similar a los programas de afiliación de los clubes de golf, y en su registro de la participación en tiempo compartido en el Departamento de Bienes Inmuebles de California.
• 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.
• Representó a Rancharrah en Reno, Nevada, en la creación de un programa de afiliación a un club comunitario residencial y en la preparación de los documentos de afiliación.
• Representó a Sunroad Enterprises en la preparación de documentos de afiliación para el Maderas Country Club situado en Poway, California.
• Representó al Stanly Ranch Club (también conocido como The Auberge Club at Stanly Ranch), en Napa, California, en la creación de un programa de afiliación a un club privado no patrimonial y en la preparación de los documentos de afiliación.
• 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.
• Representó a Wind Rose, un preeminente "club dentro de un club", y a sus clubes afiliados en su constitución y estructuración. Wind Rose es un club privado que poseerá intereses residenciales y membresías de golf en clubes residenciales privados y clubes de golf ubicados en todo el país.
• 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.
• Representación de un cliente en la redacción y negociación de un memorando de colocación privada de membresías en una comunidad planificada de campos de golf en 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.
• Representó a Toll Brothers, una empresa estadounidense líder en la construcción de viviendas de lujo, en relación con la venta de seis clubes de golf y deportivos situados en Maryland, Virginia y Carolina del Norte. También asesoró en el reposicionamiento del desarrollo de uso mixto conocido como Riverton Point en Carolina del Sur, incluyendo la redacción de los documentos de gobernanza y los documentos de afiliación al club de golf.