Lada Shelkovnikova

LADA IS A HOTELS & HOSPITALITY PARTNER IN THE CORPORATE AND M&A GROUP.

Lada specialises in all aspects of hotel acquisitions and disposals, hotel operator appointments, branded residences arrangements, structuring of serviced apartments projects with optional and mandatory rental pool, project structuring of mixed-use developments with hospitality component, master franchise and manchise arrangements, structuring of hospitality-focussed joint ventures and mediation in hospitality.

Lada’s clients include hotel owners and hotel operators. She has experience in 27 jurisdictions worldwide, including Singapore, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Maldives, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt, Seychelles, Cambodia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, Bahrain, Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Myanmar, Kenya, Georgia and the United States of America.

Lada has negotiated and advised on numerous hotel management agreements with major hotel operators, both global and regional, including Accor, Ace, Anantara (Minor), Alila (Hyatt), Ascott, Banyan Tree, Campbell Gray, Centara, Discover Collection, Dream Hotels, Dusit, Emaar Hospitality, Four Seasons, Golden Tulip, Hilton, HMH, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Jumeirah, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott and Starwood, Meliá, MGM, Millennium & Copthorne, Mövenpick (Accor), Oakwood, One & Only (Kerzner), Six Senses (IHG), Chiva Som, Radisson, Rotana, Steigenberger, The Standard, Wyndham and Yotel.

Her experience also includes providing holistic structuring advice on numerous branded residences projects, including with mandatory and optional rental pools, in Singapore, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Egypt, Seychelles, Qatar and Turkey.

Lada is named a Global Elite Thought Leader in Hospitality – Asia Pacific (Who’s Who Legal 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024) and is a regular speaker at hospitality conferences, including in Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Cambodia and Seoul.

In 2021-2024 Lada serves as SEA Regional Advisor for HICAP, the most prestigious conference in the hospitality industry in Asia over the past 30 years.

Lada has been a jury of HICAP Deal of the Year Award (M&A Deal of the Year and Single Asset Transaction of the Year) for three consecutive years.

In 2024 Lada also serves as Advisory Board member for IHIF.

Lada is a Fellow of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and SIMI and SMC accredited mediator in Singapore.