R. Maurice Robinson, ISHC, CRE, ASA
Mr. Robinson is President of Maurice Robinson & Associates LLC, a boutique consulting firm providing advisory services to lenders, owners, investors, public agencies and developers in the Hospitality and Real Estate industries. He has been providing market feasibility services, conducting strategic planning analysis, and appraising hotels and other hospitality-related real estate for 30 years. His expertise includes dispute resolution, development planning, deal structuring, workouts, and financial issues related to hotel development and investment.
Representative Accomplishments
Mr. Robinson has been restructuring loans and other agreements, working out troubled hotel assets, resolving disputes, and providing property valuation, market demand assessment, investment analysis and other acquisition and development advisory services to clients nationwide. He has been the financial advisor to the National Park Service since 1992, working on more than 35 National Park concession contracts, including Yosemite and Yellowstone.
Mr. Robinson’s valuation qualifications and expertise have resulted in many unique assignments, such as a recent one involving appraising the Grand Canyon, for which he was awarded the coveted James Felt Creative Counseling Award in 2000. He has been trained as an arbitrator and certified by NASD Dispute Resolution, and has testified as an expert witness on many occasions, in venues ranging from jury trials to arbitration panels to Federal Bankruptcy Court.
Additionally, Mr. Robinson has provided assistance to hotel lenders,owners and landlords in the areas of negotiating financing arrangements, loan documents, management contracts, franchise agreements, ground leases, development agreements, partnership agreements and bankruptcy reorganization plans.
Background
Prior to founding MR&A in 1999, Mr. Robinson was a Principal with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, leading their western region Hospitality consulting practice for twelve years (1986-1998).
Prior to KPMG, he was a Manager with PKF Consulting for five years (1982-1986). His previous work experience also includes three years with the real estate consulting firm of Williams-Kuebelbeck (1979-1982).
Mr. Robinson holds an MPA in municipal finance from USC; a B.A. in economics from MacalesterCollege, St. Paul, MN; a certificate of environmental management from the Environmental Management Institute in LA; a professional designation in financial planning from UCLA; and a General Real Estate Appraisal certificate from California.
Affiliations
Mr. Robinson is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), and formerly Chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee and on the Board of Directors. Other professional memberships include the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE), the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) and the Board of Arbitrators for the Financial Industry National Regulatory Association (FINRA). He is an annual Guest Lecturer to the MBA program at the University of California at Berkeley on the topic of Complex Hospitality Valuation Issues.
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