Patricia S. Mahlstedt

At Eckert Seamans, Tricia Mahlstedt focuses her practice on hospitality law, representing hotel owners, developers, investors, and management companies. Her practice covers various aspects of hotel-related matters for clients whose properties are located throughout the United States as well as in international locations, including hotel acquisitions and sales, joint venture negotiations, financing matters, leases, management agreements, franchise and food and beverage operating agreements, and day-to-day hotel operational matters.

Previously, Tricia was an associate general counsel for six years at Interstate Hotels, the nation’s largest independent hotel management company. While serving in that capacity, Tricia’s practice covered general corporate transactional matters of the publicly-held company, including mergers and acquisitions as well as hotel operational matters. Specifically, Tricia had major responsibility in negotiation and administration of hotel management agreements, hotel acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing transactions, and securities transaction and reporting matters.

Tricia also has several years of experience practicing general corporate and real estate law outside of the hospitality area, with experience in commercial lending transactions, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and merger and acquisition transactions.