Richard Bursby

Featured award

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

Hotels and leisure - Band 1: "Richard is an expert in his field and at the top of his game." "He is very experienced in the sector." "Richard is a go-to guy in hotels work."

Richard is recognised as one of the UK's leading advisers to clients in the hotels and hospitality sector. He is Head of the Hotels & Leisure group. Clients describe Richard as a talented and widely skilled commercial lawyer. They value his industry knowledge and his ability to find solutions on complex deals.

Richard's clients include privately held companies and high net worth individuals, families and entrepreneurs needing advice on international corporate and commercial transactions. He's particularly well-known for his experience on hotel management and franchise agreements, TravelTech and branded residences.

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Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1997 - 2002 Senior Manager, Andersen Legal Garretts

Karriere

Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1997 - 2002 Senior Manager, Andersen Legal Garretts

Ausbildung

1993 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

1991 LLB, European Law, University of Bristol

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Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

Featured

Legal 500 2026

Legal 500 UK 2025

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

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Experience

Beratung der PPHE-Hotelgruppe über einen Hotelmanagementvertrag für das ''art'otel'' in der Battersea Power Station

Richard Bursby

Advising RBH on its partnership with Covivio Hotels

We advised hotel management company, RBH Hospitality Management, on its partnership with leading European investment company, Covivio Hotels. Marking its first continental European partnership, RBH will be taking on the management of three upper upscale UK hotels.

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Richard Bursby

Advising Interglobe on a Master Management Agreement with Cycas Hospitality

We advised Interglobe on a Master Management Agreement with Cycas Hospitality for ten 4 and 5 star K+K branded hotels across Europe.

Richard Bursby

Accor on investment into AGO Hotels

We have advised Accor on their investment into the innovative AGO Hotels platform, including branding arrangements. AGO has secured an initial nine hotels from the Travelodge CVA which will be branded as Ibis budget hotels with the platform open for further hotels to join into 2021. As well as participating in this innovative vehicle alongside AGO management and the landlords, Accor has also committed seed funding to assist with the platform launch and to provide working capital.

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Mark Rajbenbach

Richard Bursby

James Homan

James Watkins

Jonathan Marks

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Victoria Butcher

Beratung von Secret Escapes Übernahme von TravelBird und Pigsback.com

Beratung von Secret Escapes bei der Übernahme des niederländischen Unternehmens TravelBird, einem Online-Erlebnisunternehmen, und Pigsback.com, dem Marktführer in Irland für Hospitality-Angebote.

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Richard Bursby

Tandeep Minhas

Louisa Penny

Graham Samuel-Gibbon

Sally Annereau

R&F Properties on high profile development sites in London

Advising on real estate matters, site set up and disposals, construction, finance, planning, infrastructure, highways, and CIL matters across four major development sites. Work is ongoing on this impressive portfolio of developments. The total number of residential units is over 4,000, in addition to retail, office, hotel and leisure floor space uses.

Elaine Dobson

Richard Bursby

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