ARIMAYA HOSPITALITY
HOTELS| RETAIL | FOOD & BEVERAGE | SPA & WELLNESS
ABOUT ARIMAYA
Arimaya Hospitality is based in the UAE and is focused on providing legal and consultancy services to the international hospitality industry.
We have approaching 30 years of transactional and advisory experience in counselling boards and senior management of household name operator brands and owners on transformational projects in our specialist sectors.
Our founder, Kalpesh Tanna, is a leading lawyer and dealmaker in the hospitality industry internationally.
He has advised operators and owners both in private practice and as a hospitality general counsel, which means he understands the wider legal and business perspective.
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE
Kalpesh headed the hospitality, leisure and retail group at a leading international law firm in London for 7.5 years between 2007 and 2014. He then served as VP & General Counsel, Middle East, Africa and India for FRHI Hotels & Resorts based in Dubai from 2014 until 2017, where he was responsible for all corporate and regional legal matters for the Raffles, Fairmont and Swissotel luxury hotel brands. After leaving FRHI in 2017, Kalpesh founded Arimaya Hospitality.
Kalpesh's expertise includes owner relations, hotel and branded residential, F&B and spa management arrangements, development, operations, acquisitions and divestments, franchising, joint ventures, HR, sales and marketing and dispute resolution. He is also a qualified mediator.
Kalpesh read law at University College, London and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Law School’s Advanced Negotiation Program.
“Kalpesh has all the attributes I expect in a great lawyer: knowledge and seasoned experience, professionalism, integrity, strategic thinking, enthusiasm and responsiveness. In addition, he is the highest value-to-cost attorney that I know and a true specialist when it comes to the hospitality industry.”
MICHAEL DOJLIDKO
CO-CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER &
GROUP HEAD OF LEGAL
ROSEWOOD HOTEL GROUP
“As an effective spokesman and advocate, Kalpesh Tanna is flexible in accommodating his clients' needs and stands out for thinking like a businessman as much as a lawyer.”
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
Arimaya Hospitality is a business name of ARIMAYA FZ LLC, a company registered in Creative City, Fujairah Media Free Zone, UAE
with licence number 11760/2017 and licensed to provide legal, business and management consultancy services.
Solicitors Regulation Authority ID: 670910