Proskauer Renews Partnership with Cornell Center for Hospitality Research

Global law firm Proskauer is renewing its partnership with Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) for another three-year term. Partners are essential to the CHR's mission of creating new knowledge and sharing research ideas for the international hospitality industry and related businesses.

Global law firm Proskauer is renewing its partnership with Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) for another three-year term. Partners are essential to the CHR's mission of creating new knowledge and sharing research ideas for the international hospitality industry and related businesses.

In addition to participating in the CHR advisory board, Proskauer has hosted a CHR roundtable and an advisory board meeting at their New York office, and plans to host another roundtable later in 2010. "Proskauer's generous support has been a great asset to the CHR," said associate director Jennifer Macera. "In particular, we greatly value the participation of Jeffery Horwitz, who is a partner at Proskauer and is co-head of the firm's mergers and acquisitions and lodging and gaming practice."

Horwitz pointed to the importance of CHR's research program in support of the hospitality industry. "The CHR deals with real-world issues that directly affect the hospitality and gaming industries," he said. "Given Proskauer's strong practice both in the U.S. and internationally, we greatly appreciate Cornell's global research agenda. The CHR roundtables are a key part of that agenda." Horwitz will continue as a member of the CHR advisory board.

Founded in 1875, Proskauer offers legal services in numerous business fields from offices in the U.S., Hong Kong, London, Paris, and São Paulo. In addition to hospitality and gaming, the firm's clients include firms in entertainment, health care, and information technology, among many others. In addition to mergers and acquisitions, its practice includes taxation, litigation, intellectual property, and labor and employment law.

About Proskauer | Proskauer, one of the nation's largest and oldest law firms, has long been recognized in legal and business circles as a significant and influential firm in the hospitality industry. Their commitment to the hospitality industry is unparalleled among major national firms. They offer extensive experience advising hospitality clients includes mergers & acquisition; joint ventures; finance; management agreements; mixed-use development and branding; real estate; labor and employment; litigation and dispute resolution; environmental; tax; bankruptcy; and intellectual property.

About the Center for Hospitality Research
The purpose of the Center for Hospitality Research is to enable and conduct research of significance to the global hospitality and related service industries. CHR also works to improve the connections between academe and industry, continuing the School of Hotel Administration's long-standing tradition of service to the hospitality industry. Founded in 1992, CHR remains the industry's foremost creator and distributor of timely research, all of which is posted at no charge for all to use. In addition to its industry advisory board, CHR convenes several industry roundtables each year for the purpose of identifying new issues affecting the hospitality industry.

Center Members: Accenture • Access Point Financial, Inc. • Barclaycard US • Cvent • Davis & Gilbert LLP • Deloitte & Touche USA LLP • DerbySoft • Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts • Fox Rothschild LLP • Hilton Worldwide • Host Hotels & Resorts • Hyatt Hotels Corporation • IDeaS Revenue Solutions • InterContinental Hotels Group • Jumeirah Group • Marriott International • NTT DATA • Preferred Hotels & Resorts • priceline.com • PwC • The Rainmaker Group • RateGain • ReviewPro • Revinate • Sabre Hospitality Solutions • STR • Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces • Tata Consultancy Services • Wipro EcoEnergy • Wyndham Hotel Group

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The Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations was established in 2013 as a platform for students, employers, employees, unions, and their advocates involved in the hospitality industry. The institute's mission is to support educational programs, sponsor and disseminate research, and hold conferences and roundtables dedicated to modernizing labor and employment relations, analyzing labor and employment law, and improving...