Rick S Kirkbride

Partner, Real Estate Department

Los Angeles

T 1(213) 683-6261

F 1(213) 996-3261

Rick Kirkbride is a partner in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Mr. Kirkbride is also Chair of our Hospitality & Leisure practice group and brings 27 years of experience representing institutional real estate companies and capital providers in the acquisition, development, finance and operation of hotels, resorts, other hospitality properties, and businesses throughout North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Recent Representations

Baha Mar. Ltd., a resort hotel developer, in negotiating a series of management and other agreements with Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Morgans Hotel Group and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, each of which will operate and manage different hotel developments at Baha Mar’s US$3.5 billion greenfield resort in the Bahamas, as well as the establishment of horizontal CC&Rs and vertical condominium regimes for boutique and luxury star branded residential offerings throughout the project.
Dubai World in the formation of a joint venture between Dubai World and MGM that resulted in the US$8 billion development of CityCenter, the largest single phase construction project in the United States, consisting of a 4,000-room hotel-casino, retail complex, and several condominium towers located on the Las Vegas Strip, as well as the purchase of 9.5% of the stock in MGM Resorts International.
Starwood Capital Group, L.P. represented Starwood Capital in hotel properties throughout the U.S. for over US$2 billion. Notably, we represented Starwood Capital on the US$735 million acquisition of Intown Suites, which owns 168 limited service real estate properties. The firm handled negotiation of the stock purchase agreement as well as difficult due diligence issues, including reviewing permits, licenses, and title issues and the assumption of over US$600 million of CMBS debt.

Accolades and Recognitions

Named one of only two lawyers within “Band 1” of the list of “Leaders in their Field” for the Leisure & Hospitality by Chambers in 2007 (the first year for such category) and all subsequent rankings to date
Named at various times over the last decade as one of the Top 100 lawyers (across all practice areas of law), one of the Top 10 Deal Makers in California as well as are of the top 50 development lawyers in California by both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals as well as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal
Named Hospitality MVP by Law360

Speaking Engagements and Publications

Has spoken on various hospitality topics over the last 20 years at seminars and conferences throughout the world, whose sponsors include the International Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Bar Association, UCLA, NYU, University of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University, Florida International University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Continuing Legal Education Institute, and the International Management Network
Written articles for, and is quoted frequently in, legal and hospitality industry-related magazines and newspapers
Editor of Roadmap For Distressed Hospitality Assets: Navigating Through and Creating Opportunity During These Troubled Times, published in 2009
Surveys of Hotel and Casino Development in Las Vegas and Macau, published in the 2008 Edition of Hotel Yearbook
“Hotel Financing” was published in the Magazine Hotel Outlook in 2007
“Mixed Use Resorts” was published in the book Hotel Investments – Issues & Perspectives, Fourth Edition, in 2005

Professional and Community Involvement

Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Member of the Law360 Hospitality Advisory Board
Founder of the UCLA Real Estate Conference
Instructor at UCLA on Hospitality Law
General Counsel and Member of the Planning Committee of ALIS
Member of ULI and immediate past Chair (and currently Vice Chair at Large) of its Hotel Development Council
Member of New York Bar Association of Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Committee
Previously Full member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants
Previously served on the Planning Committee of the UCLA California Restaurant Industry Conference and the Steering Committee on China of the International Travel & Tourism Council
Past Chair of the Timeshare Committee and Vice Chair of the Hospitality Committee of the American Bar Association
Member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and past Chair of its Real Estate Development Subsection.
Certified Public Accountant (inactive)

Education

Loyola Law School, J.D., 1983
University of Southern California, B.A., 1979

Rankings & Awards

Recognized by Chambers USA 2020
Chambers USA 2020: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business listed the firm in 37 research areas and named 104 firm lawyers to its rankings of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States.
May 01, 2020

Ranked by Chambers USA 2019
Chambers USA 2019: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business listed the firm in 44 practice areas and named 107 firm lawyers to its rankings of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States.
April 26, 2019

Recognized by Chambers USA 2018
Chambers USA 2018: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business listed the firm in 45 research areas and named 112 firm lawyers to its rankings of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States.
May 15, 2018

Recognized by Chambers USA 2017
Chambers USA 2017: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business named 46 of the firm’s practice areas and 112 individuals to its ranking of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States.
June 05, 2017

Law360 2016 Practice Group of the Year
Paul Hastings’ Hospitality practice was named a “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360. The winners were chosen from more than 600 submissions, and are recognized as "firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry." In the article profiling the firm, Law360 highlighted the practice's representation of Carey Watermark Investors; an Ian Schrager/ Ares Management hotel and residential; Takenaka Corp.'s acquisition of the Andaz hotel; and Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Diamond Resorts International.
February 15, 2017

Recognized by Chambers USA 2016
Chambers USA 2016: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business named 47 of the firm’s practice areas and 112 individuals to its ranking of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States.
June 08, 2016

Law360 MVP Awards 2015: Hospitality
Rick Kirkbride was named an MVP award winner by Law360 in the Hospitality category. Law360 reviewed more than 850 submissions, selecting attorneys with “successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters” as this year’s MVP award winners.
November 09, 2015

The Daily Journal's Top 50 Real Estate Development Attorneys 2014
Phil Feder, Jeff Haber, Rick Kirkbride, Mitch Menzer, and Charlie Thornton were recognized by The Daily Journal in its Top 50 Real Estate Development attorneys list. In connection with this recognition, each attorney was profiled in a feature story for the publication’s Development supplement.
August 14, 2014

Daily Journal
Real Estate partners Phil Feder, Rick Kirkbride and Charlie Thornton were recognized by the Daily Journal as 2011 Real Estate Dealmakers of the Year.
February 23, 2011

Recognized by the The Daily Journal among the Top 100 Leading Lawyers
The Daily Journal named Nancy Abell, Rick Kirkbride, Bill Sullivan, and Charlie Thornton to its list of Top 100 California Leading Lawyers of 2010.
September 22, 2010

Philip Feder and Rick Kirkbride Named in Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers in California
Philip Feder and Rick Kirkbride Named in Daily Journal's "Top 100 Lawyers in California"
September 17, 2008

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