franchising

Owning a franchise or indeed franchising your business is a long established business medium in the UK.

We have a very wide range of expertise in providing both franchisors and franchisees extensive advice not only on the structure and form a franchise business should take but also the risks attached to the structure for the franchisee and the disputes that often result from a franchising arrangement.

Our experience in this area has been gleaned from many sources – not least in acting for a number of franchisees for one of the best known names in the UK high street.

Franchise arrangements more often than not involve a whole number of different legal issues: from straight contract and corporate issues to employment law, property law and indeed intellectual property law.

Our Franchise Services ensure that these various legal issues are managed in order to ensure your focus remains simple – making a success of the franchise.

Our Franchise Services include: 

• structuring the shape and form of the franchise arrangement – whether via simple agreement or more complex corporate structures;
• advice to franchisees on the risks and risk management processes required  in their particular franchise structure;
• rights management arrangements to ensure the “value” of any intellectual property is protected and is able to be exploited by both the franchisor and the franchisee; and
• franchise disputes and dispute resolution.