Preti Flaherty represents ski area developers, operators and other resort related businesses in a wide range of legal arenas.  We have a unique level of experience serving this industry, with more than 30 years of experience dealing with the unique legal needs of this group.

What We Do

Our resort services group combines the extensive experience of our attorneys and the corporate, litigation, environmental and labor and employment groups. We provide counsel on issues including

• Risk Management
• Business formation, purchase & sale, contracts
• Operational issues, marketing, corporate sponsorships
• Resort liability
• Financing and capitalization
• Labor, employment and workers' compensation
• Environmental, land use issues
• Real Estate, timeshare
• Legislative and regulatory
• Telecom and utilities
• Immigration

as well as the many other needs within the resort industry.  We provide advice on both day-to-day issues facing resorts as well as major initiatives and projects.  We also have experience in resort master planning and an extensive list of resort industry contacts.

Representative Clients

Heavenly Valley LP, Killington, Ltd., Mount Snow Ski Resort, Ross Powers Foundation, Woodlands, Sebasco Estates, Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Saddleback Mountain, Shawnee Peak, EMK, Inc., Ski Maine Association, American Skiing Company, Customers First, a division of Snowsports Industry America, American Skiing Company Resort Properties, Inc., Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation, Sunday River Skiway Corporation, Mt. Cranmore Ski Resort, Acordia Resort Services, Mountain Guard, Potomac Golf Properties, LLC

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Successfully defended Sunday River in jury trial regarding claim of alleged ski school negligence.
• Successfully defended Sugarloaf in jury trial regarding alleged ski school negligence.
• Currently representing ski area trade association in - stakeholder negotiations and legislative lobbying on legislation and subsequent regulations addressing water withdrawal in Maine; - proposed air regulations affecting diesel engines and ski lift backup motors in Maine.
• Successfully negotiated favorable cashout settlement agreement for Heavenly ski resort for a Superfund liability claim in California.
• Negotiated renewal of master property management agreement between Mount Snow and quartershare condominium homeowners association for Mount Snow Grand Summit hotel.
• Assisted Killington ski resort in successful negotiation of special rate energy contract with Central Vermont Public Service.
• Assisted Mount Snow resort in negotiation of revision to special rate energy contract with Green Mountain Power Company.
• Negotiated financing, construction agreements and architectural contracts and obtained necessary environmental and zoning approvals for construction of townhouse project at Sunday River ski resort.
• Represented coalition of timeshare entities in successfully drafting and obtaining enactment of amendments to Maine property tax assessment provisions affecting timeshares.
• Negotiated purchase and sale contract for gondola and gondola cars for Heavenly ski resort.

On behalf of Heavenly ski resort and American Skiing Company’s real estate company, successfully negotiated establishment of redevelopment district in City of South Lake Tahoe, CA, funded with tax exempt bonds and hotel occupancy taxes, allowing development of gondola from Heavenly ski resort to downtown development district and a substantial interval ownership hotel.