Andreas Koutsoudakis Returns to the New York City Bar Association's Restaurant Law Conference
August 20, 2026 — For the fourth year, Andreas Koutsoudakis will present the Corporate Considerations portion of the New York City Bar Association’s Restaurant Law Conference on Friday, October 2, 2026. Attorneys from firms across the city present the remaining portions of the program.
Corporate Considerations takes up the structural decisions that determine how a restaurant business holds together, and what governs when it stops holding together. Choice of entity. The operating agreement provisions that decide who controls the bank accounts, the POS system, and the lease when owners stop speaking. Investor and equity arrangements. The statutory remedies that open or close depending on a choice made years earlier at formation.
The session is built for counsel who see a restaurant matter occasionally and need to recognize what they are looking at early, while the client still has options. It works through the documents and deal structures as they actually arrive, including the partnership that was never papered and the client who is certain the handshake was enough.
For nearly two decades, Andreas has represented hospitality owners in partnership and shareholder disputes, judicial dissolution and receivership proceedings, wage and hour defense, commercial lease disputes, and Chapter 11 restructuring. He co-chairs the firm’s Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group.
The conference runs from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street, and carries 5.0 New York CLE credits in Professional Practice. Remaining sessions cover real estate, liquor licensing, labor and employment, and a legislative update, closing with a Restaurateur Roundtable. A networking luncheon and reception are included.