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.

Clients représentatifs

• 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.
• Représentation de 32 Winds, LLC, un club de premier plan au sein d'un club qui est en train de se constituer et qui possède des intérêts résidentiels et des abonnements de golf dans des clubs de résidence privés et des clubs de golf situés dans tout le pays, dans le cadre de la structuration de son entité de société à responsabilité limitée.
• 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.
• Représentation d'un constructeur de maisons dans le cadre de l'acquisition de Parkland Golf & Country Club, un projet de développement situé dans le sud-est de la Floride, qui comprenait des installations de golf et de country club structurées comme un club d'actions.
• Représentation d'une société privée de développement immobilier dans le cadre de l'acquisition d'un projet de développement dans le sud-ouest de la Floride, qui comprend des installations de golf et de country club structurées comme un club d'actions.
• 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.
• Représentation d'Arcis Equity Partners, LLC dans la révision des documents d'adhésion au club pour The Club at Pradera et The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.
• Représentation d'Arcis Golf dans le cadre de toutes ses acquisitions de clubs privés et de la restructuration de ses programmes d'adhésion à des clubs privés.
• 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.
• Nous avons représenté le Kaiya Club, un club privé et un centre de villégiature situé à Santa Rosa Beach, en Floride. Notre équipe a contribué à la documentation du plan d'adhésion au Kaiya Club.
• Représentation de Kitson & Partners, LLC, propriétaire de l'Ibis Golf and Country Club, un grand club de golf et de loisirs situé dans l'Ibis Golf and Country Club, une communauté planifiée de 1700 unités à West Palm Beach, en Floride, en ce qui concerne la vente et la cession du club à ses membres et la mise en œuvre d'un programme d'adhésion par actions.
• 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.
• Représentation de Mayacama Golf Club, un club privé situé à Sonoma, dans le cadre de la vente d'intérêts de membres sur la base d'un dépôt remboursable sur 30 ans, similaire aux programmes d'adhésion des clubs de golf, et dans le cadre de l'enregistrement des intérêts en temps partagé auprès du ministère californien de l'immobilier.
• 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.
• Représentation de Rancharrah à Reno, Nevada, pour la création d'un programme d'adhésion à un club communautaire résidentiel et la préparation des documents d'adhésion.
• Représentation de Sunroad Enterprises dans la préparation des documents d'adhésion au Maderas Country Club situé à Poway, en Californie.
• Représentation du Stanly Ranch Club (également connu sous le nom de The Auberge Club at Stanly Ranch), à Napa, en Californie, dans le cadre de la création d'un programme d'adhésion à un club privé sans participation au capital et de la préparation des documents d'adhésion.
• 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.
• Représentation de Wind Rose, un "club au sein d'un club" de premier plan, et de ses clubs affiliés dans le cadre de sa formation et de sa structuration. Wind Rose est un club privé qui détiendra des participations résidentielles et des abonnements de golf dans des clubs de résidence privés et des clubs de golf situés dans tout le pays.
• 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.
• Représentation d'un client dans la rédaction et la négociation d'un mémorandum de placement privé pour des adhésions à une communauté planifiée de terrains de golf dans l'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.
• Représentation de Toll Brothers, une société américaine de premier plan spécialisée dans la construction de maisons de luxe, dans le cadre de la vente de six clubs de golf et de sport situés dans le Maryland, en Virginie et en Caroline du Nord. Il a également fourni des conseils sur le repositionnement du développement à usage mixte connu sous le nom de Riverton Point en Caroline du Sud, y compris la rédaction des documents de gouvernance et des documents d'adhésion au club de golf.