Ms. Cocci’s representative experience includes advising:

• A global commercial real estate company with respect to its hotel portfolio in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including all management, franchise, mixed-use, and operational matters*
• A major private equity firm with respect to its hotel acquisitions and dispositions, as well as franchise and management agreement negotiations*
• A multinational hospitality company with respect to its management agreements, strategic, and general operational matters for hotels, resorts, condo hotel, and mixed-use projects*
• A hospitality focused private equity firm in an outside general counsel role as to various development projects, hotel acquisitions, joint ventures, financing, and management agreement negotiations*
• A major global investment fund with respect to hospitality related corporate matters, brand roll-outs, management agreements, dispute resolution, and strategic and general operational matters involving hotels, resorts, and mixed-use projects*
• A real estate investment company with respect to its hotel acquisitions, financing, joint venture, and management agreement negotiations*
• A hotel management company with respect to its corporate matters, joint ventures, management agreements, and strategic and general operational matters involving hotels, resorts, and mixed-use projects*
• A travel and leisure focused investment firm with respect to hospitality related acquisitions and operational matters*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Speaking Engagements

• Panel moderator, “Leaders’ Perspective: Current Cycle Realities: Transactions and Money,” 41st Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2019
• Panel moderator, “Putting TI Risk to Bed: A Practical Guide to Avoid Liability for Tortious Interference in Hotel Transactions,” 7th Annual Hotel and Lodging Legal Summit, Georgetown University Law Center, October 2018
• Panel moderator, “Treading Water, Leaping into the Deep End or Staying out of the Sun Altogether?” Main Ballroom C-Suite Hotel Executives Panel, 40th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2018
• Panel moderator, “Buffett, Kardashian, and Zuckerberg: How Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials are Shaping the Landscape of Luxury,” 39th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2017
• “Know When to Hold ’Em, Know When to Fold ’Em: What Some of the Industry’s Leading Owners/ Investors Are Doing and Why,” Main Ballroom C-Suite Hotel Executives Panel, 39th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2017
• “Buffet, Kardashian and Zuckerberg – How Boomers, Gen-Xers and Millennials are Shaping the Landscape of Luxury,” 38th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2016
• Panel moderator, “Industry Differentiated and Experiential Luxury,” 38th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2016
• Panel moderator, “Luxury, Luxury, Luxury…Demographic Shifts…From Millennials to Baby Boomers: A Sought After Lifestyle of Five Star Service and Upscale Accommodations,” 37th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2015
• Panel moderator, “The Hospitality Marketplace: Those ‘In the Know’ Share Insider Perspectives on the Latest Transactions,” 36th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2014
• Panel moderator, “Where Are the Deals and How Are They Getting Done? Acquisition, Development and/or Repositioning Opportunities in the Marketplace,” 35th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York, June 2013
• Featured speaker, “Counseling Deal Clients,” Phoenix College of Law, Phoenix, May 2013
• Panel moderator, “Legal Perspectives, Hospitality in a Changing World,” ISHC Annual Conference, Istanbul, October 2011
• Keynote speaker, “Hospitality Law Practice Insights,” University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, September 2011
• Panelist, “Conversions—Reinventing Existing Properties into New Products,” International Hotel and Investment Forum, Berlin, March 2010