Chasen Capital Advisors is a strategy and business advisory services firm specializing in the Hospitality and Vacation Ownership Industries. At their core, they provide knowledge and practical solutions to assist industry players in the many aspects of the hospitality and vacation ownership industries including operations, sales and marketing, asset management, acquisitions, financing and branding strategies.
Chasen Capital Advisors specialize in working with and managing inter-disciplinary teams in the areas of architecture, construction, legal, resort operations, finance and development. In real estate, every project is different and every solution unique and tailored made.
Consulting Services
Hospitality Services - Hotel operations, hospitality litigation and expert testimony, fractional ownership, contracts review, capital markets, hotel repositioning, acquisition and dispositions, management contract negotiations and franchise selection.
Vacation Ownership Services - Financial, sales & marketing, product development, legal & litigation services, and capital formation and origination consulting.
Asset Management - Owner’s representative, board member, asset manager and outside consultant; monitor property operations, including management company performance; analyze property reporting, including variances relative to pro forma, provide real-time recommendations for property and operational improvements, etc.
Acquisition Due Diligence - Physical product development and sales; acquisition due diligence; economic and financial feasibility services; liquidity issues and financing options resulting from review and analysis of the consumer receivables portfolio; managing the servicing of consumer receivables, etc.
Management Contract Disputes - Corporation defined, used primarily for a purpose, taxable income, transfer pricing, tax returns.
Jon R. Simon, Managing Partner, is an experienced Finance and Investment Professional with decades of Consulting, Operations and Investing experience. He has a long and accomplished background in the Hotel and Vacation Ownership Industries where he has advised some of the largest U.S. investment funds, hospitality and gaming companies, and high net worth individuals.
Mr. Simon started his career at KPMG where he was elected to the partnership at the age of 31, making him the youngest full equity partner in the United States. At KPMG he headed the firm’s hospitality and real estate consulting practice for the Southeast US, Latin America and the Caribbean focusing on hotels, mixed-use resorts and shared ownership. He also served as a national acquisitions partner serving senior roles in some of the largest hospitality industry acquisitions.
After leaving Starwood, Mr. Simon was one of the 5 founding principals of a late-stage private equity fund oriented to the hospitality industry where he also assumed the role of Chief Investment Officer. In his first full year, he oversaw the underwriting and closing of over $150 million of direct investments, representing over $500 million of asset value.
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