Travers Smith corporate partner Will Howard has advised LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) on its acquisition of Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France, working closely alongside LVMH's long standing advisers Chicago based law firm Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg (BFKN).

Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France is a five star hotel located on the Caribbean island of St Barthélemy which comprises 39 rooms, suites and villas and which has won numerous awards and recently been included in Condé Nast Travelers' Gold List as Best Hotel in the Atlantic & Caribbean Islands.

LVMH is the world's largest luxury products group and possesses a unique portfolio of over 60 prestigious brands including Moët & Chandon, Hennessy, Vodka Belvedere, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior, TAG Heuer and Bulgari.

The Travers Smith team was led by corporate partner Will Howard and included tax partner Simon Yates and corporate associate Tom Coulter. Partners Peter Barack, Dennis Ferrazzano, Dan Dominguez and Andrew Grossmann led the team from BFKN.