Gosia Kosturek

Partner

  • Gosia Kosturek
  • Phone: +1 412 497 1044

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1000
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3112
    USA

Gosia Kosturek focuses her practice on representing real estate development companies, investors, lenders and hotel management companies in all aspects of acquisition, disposition, development, management, licensing and finance of real estate and hotel assets in the U.S. and throughout the world. On behalf of these clients, Ms. Kosturek handles the drafting, review and negotiation of various agreements, including hotel management agreements (third party and brand managed), residential agreements, asset management agreements, franchise agreements, various financing documents, technical services agreements, consulting services agreements and purchase and sale agreements. In addition, she regularly advises hotel clients on operational matters and property-level agreements.

Ms. Kosturek is a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2010
  • University of Pittsburgh, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2024-present
  • Whiteford Talor & Preston LLP
    - Partner, 2022-2024
  • Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellon LLC
    - Partner, 2010-2022

Professional Activities

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
    - Women’s Institute for Leadership in Law (WILL)

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh
    - Reading Buddy
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
    - Mentor

Selected Publications

  • Top Tips for New Hotel Brands Entering the US Market”, Luxury Hoteliers Magazine, January 2018 and HospitalityLawyer.com’s Converge Blog, February 2018

     

  • Author: “Top Tips for New Hotel Brands Entering the US Market,” HospitalityLawyer.com’s Converge Blog, February 2018

  • Author: “Top Tips for New Hotel Brands Entering the US Market,” Luxury Hoteliers Magazine, January 2018

  • Author: “Data Security Soft Spots: Safeguarding a Property Against Cyber Attacks,” Lodging, the official magazine the American Hotel and Lodging Association, June 2017

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Moderator, “Between The Lines: A Brief on the Unwritten Rules of Practicing Law,” New England Law, April 2021

  •  Co-presenter, “The Pittsburgh Hotel Boom: An Inside Perspective from Hospitality Lawyers,” CREW Pittsburgh, January 2018

  • Co-Facilitator, “Table Top War Game Exercise – Managing a Crisis,” Hospitality Law Conference, April 2017

  • Co-Presenter, “The Unique Challenges of Data Security for the Hospitality Industry,” Hospitality Law Conference, April 2017

  • Presenter, “Data Risk: Threats, Response and Preparedness,” Annual Prospera Hospitality Leadership Meeting, Cranberry, Pennsylvania, September 2016