Core Services:
New Franchisors
Feasibility assessment | Franchise business conceptualisation | Business structuring | Brand protection and intellectual property | Franchise Agreements and all other legal documentation | Plain English drafting | Referrals to leading consultants, accountants, bankers and other service providers | Training and supporting in-house counsel with business unit expansion via franchising
Established Franchisors
Commercial leasing | Managing franchise sales and re-sales to reduce risk | Ensuring robust legal documentation | Franchise system change management and restructuring | Franchisee compliance | Franchisee exits and terminations | Franchise system sale, merger and acquisition | Franchisor shareholder disputes
Franchisors Expanding Overseas
Feasibility assessment | Business structuring | Referrals to leading overseas lawyers and consultants
Franchisors Entering New Zealand
Adjusting legal documentation to suit NZ environment | Advising on NZ business law and conventions | Business structuring | Regular advisor to leading foreign law firms and their clients | Counsel to several multinational public companies
Franchisees Selling a Franchise
Ensuring compliance with your franchise agreement | Business sale agreements | Completing the business sale | Advice on trade restraints
Franchisees Buying a Franchise
Assessing the franchise opportunity and the credibility of the franchisor | Advising on franchise agreements, leases and other legal contracts | Business purchase agreements | Business and personal asset structuring | Referrals to trusted banks and accountants | Completing the business purchase
Dispute Resolution
Risk assessment | Formulation and implementation of dispute resolution strategy | Alternative dispute resolution (in preference to litigation, wherever appropriate) | Litigation at all levels of NZ court system | ‘Class action’ style representation of multiple franchisees
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