Catherine D. Holmes is a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®, Chinese Investment Group®, Chinese Investment Group™ and Financial & Investment Services Group. She has practiced law at JMBM for nearly 30 years. Within the Global Hospitality Group, Cathy specializes in resort and urban mixed-use developments, hotel management and franchise agreements, resort and hotel purchase and sale transactions, and  public-private hotel developments. Within the Chinese Investment Group, Cathy specializes in EB-5 immigrant investment offerings and hotel and real estate transactions made by Chinese investors in the U.S. Within the Financial & Investment Services Group, Cathy focuses on business formations for entrepreneurs, private securities offerings, structuring and offering of private investment funds, and business and regulatory matters for investment advisers, securities broker-dealers, insurance agents, mortgage banks, mortgage brokers, consumer finance lenders, real estate brokers, accountants, attorneys and banks.

Representative Experience

• Assisted U.S. City with RFP and negotiation of qualified management contract for city-owned, 1000-room convention center hotel.
• Assisted the largest publicly owned Taiwanese hotel company to purchase all of the assets of the Regent Hotels brand, including all intellectual property and all hotel management and related agreements for hotels located in Asia, Europe and the Caribbean
• Assisted Indonesian owners in negotiation of three branded hotel management agreements for hotels to be developed in Bali
• Assisted owner of 1,500+ room convention hotel with complex RFP process involving major hotel brands and negotiating a favorable management agreement
• Assisted multiple resort owners to structure mixed use condo hotel projects and prepare CC&Rs, unit maintenance agreements, unit rental agreements
• Assisted U.S. based hotel brand and management company with resort developments in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama and Egypt
• Assisted multiple condo hotel owners to structure offerings in compliance with SEC requirements
• Assisted national securities brokerage firm to acquire regional broker businesses
• Assisted multiple hedge fund managers in development of new onshore and offshore hedge funds
• Assisted multiple accounting firms in acquiring or forming investment advisory groups