The Liquor License Hostage
The Liquor License Hostage By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner Holds the One Asset You Can’t Replace Liquor License Leverage — Regulatory Asset as Squeeze Tool This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Franchise That Wasn’t
The Franchise That Wasn’t By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner Replicates Your Concept Without Calling It a Franchise Concept Replication — Intellectual Property & Brand Diversion This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
DHC’s Andreas Koutsoudakis at the City Bar’s Restaurant Law Conference 2026
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 […]
Three Partners, Two Sides, One Restaurant
Three Partners, Two Sides, One Restaurant By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When the Third Partner Becomes the Swing Vote in Someone Else’s War Three-Way Dispute — Coalition Dynamics This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Partner Who Stopped Showing Up
The Partner Who Stopped Showing Up By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When One Working Partner Carries the Weight and the Other Cashes the Checks Two Working Partners — Asymmetric Effort This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, […]
The Management Company That Ate the Restaurant
The Management Company That Ate the Restaurant By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner’s Side Business Becomes Your Restaurant’s Biggest Expense Management Company Conflict — Affiliated-Entity Self-Dealing This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Books Don’t Lie — But They Can Be Hidden
The Books Don’t Lie — But They Can Be Hidden By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law How Forensic Discovery Broke Through One Partner’s Financial Fortress The Gatekeeper — Information Withholding & Forensic Discovery This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law […]
The 50/50 Trap
The 50/50 Trap By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law Two Equal Partners, One Expiring Lease, and No Way to Decide The 50/50 Deadlock This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, and identifying details have been changed […]
The Partner She Never Chose
The Partner She Never Chose By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When a Surviving Spouse Inherits a Partnership Interest They Never Asked For The Silent Spouse — Inherited Interest This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
When the Handshake Breaks
White Paper Series: When the Handshake Breaks By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law No Operating Agreement, No Written Terms — Just Two Guys and a Restaurant The Late-Night Deal-Maker — Informal Partnership This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. […]