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Featured Articles: Franchise

Roundtable: Franchise

The International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers has brought together five of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss the key issues facing franchise lawyers today.

Analysis of Certain Provisions Commonly Contemplated in Franchise Agreement Under A Mexican Law Perspective

Jorge Mondragón - Gonzalez Calvillo SC

Oscar Moreno - González Calvillo, SC

In Mexico, franchising is governed and regulated by the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) and its regulations. The governmental agency in charge of applying the IPL is the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

Franchising in India

Preeti Mehta - Kanga & Co

India is one the world’s largest and the fastest-growing emerging markets, and franchising has become a successful business model for many local companies.

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Analysis: Franchise

Editorial: Franchise in the CIS

Our research identifies a small but highly talented contingent of franchise lawyers.

Editorial: Franchise in Brazil

A select group of only six lawyers are featured in this chapter.

Editorial: Franchise

Our research identifies 235 lawyers in 52 countries that offer clients the highest standards of franchise expertise in their home jurisdictions, and often beyomnd national borders.

Marketplace Analysis: Franchise

Tom Barnes - Editor, Who's Who Legal

Conventional wisdom holds that the franchise industry is quite robust in a recession, with some even going so far as to classify it as counter-cyclical.

Editorial: Franchise in California

Our research identifies 19 California based franchise practitioners. They represent franchisors, franchisees and companies of all sizes, across a wide variety of industries. This substantial group is made up of partners from 14 firms.

Editorial: Franchise in Texas

A select group of six lawyers from just three firms make up the franchise chapter.

Editorial: Franchise in Illinois

There are four new names in the franchise chapter for this edition, which highlights the growing talent in the already strong Illinois franchise Bar and the continued growth and interest in this market. Twenty practitioners have been selected, hailing from seven firms.

Editorial: Franchise

Franchising is proving more and more popular with companies from all sectors and everywhere. The increasingly global nature of the practice area ensures that a greater number of individual countries and practitioners are featured than in any previous edition.

Editorial: Franchise in Florida

The strength of Florida’s economy and growth of international franchising activity is reflected in the quality of the counsel found in the following pages. These figures are recognised as the leading lights of Florida’s franchise bar, representing franchisors, franchisees and companies of all sizes, in diverse industries.

Editorial: Franchise in Singapore

Singapore boasts a thriving franchise community, with over 170 foreign franchises in sectors such as education and training, restaurants and fast food. The Franchising and Licensing Association (Singapore) (FLA) began as Singapore’s national franchise body in 1993 and was formerly known as the Singapore International Franchise Association. Through the efforts of this association – and a number of others – Singapore is fast becoming a franchise hub, and consequently there is an increased need for legal support. This chapter identifies seven practitioners that we recognise as the leading lights of Singapore’s franchise bar and they spend a proportion of their time representing franchisors, franchisees and companies of all sizes, in diverse industries.

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All Lawyers in Franchise (Listed Alphabetically)

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All Firms in Franchise (Listed Alphabetically)

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AK KAZDA and PARTNERS

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

ATMD Bird & Bird LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

AZB & Partners

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Adams & Adams

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Advocatfirmaet Storlokken

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Advokatfirman NOVA AB

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Akerman Senterfitt

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Al Sarraf & Al Ruwayeh

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Alexen Avocats

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Allende & Brea

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Allens Arthur Robinson

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Archer & Angel

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Ltd

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bae Kim & Lee LLC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Baker & McKenzie

5 Franchise Lawyers featured

Baker Botts LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Barrocas Sarmento Neves

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bartko Zankel Tarrant & Miller PC

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Basham Ringe y Correa SC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Beauchamps Solicitors

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bird & Bird

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bogsch & Partners

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bowman Gilfillan

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Briggs & Morgan PA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Brigitta I Rahayoe & Syamsuddin

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bruppacher Hug & Partner

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bryan Cave LLP

4 Franchise Lawyers featured

Bufete Climente Minguell y Saula

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Buffa Bortolotti & Mathis

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bugge Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen (BA-HR)

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Bustaman & Co

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

CMS DeBacker

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

CMS Derks Star Busmann

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Cabinet Gast & Associés

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Castren & Snellman

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Cheng Cohen LLC

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Chernow Katz LLC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

D M & D LAWROPE

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

D&N International

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

DBB - Demolin - Brulard - Barthelemy

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

DLA Piper LLP

18 Franchise Lawyers featured

Dady & Garner PA

4 Franchise Lawyers featured

Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Davis LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Deacons

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Di Blasi Parente Vaz e Dias & Associados

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Doubinsky and Osharova

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Dubler Rechtsanwalte

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Duncan Cotterill Lawyers

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Ella Cheong (Hong Kong)

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Epstein Becker & Green PC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Eversheds LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Fabrega Molino & Mulino

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Faegre & Benson LLP

6 Franchise Lawyers featured

Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Fisher Zucker

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Foley & Lardner LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Forastieri Abogados SC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Fox Rothschild LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Franchise Law Team

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Frignani & Associati Studio Legale

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Gateway Law Corporation

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Gaze Burt Lawyers

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Genovese Joblove & Battista PA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Gerard P Davey

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Giese & Partner v.o.s.

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Goldman Antonetti & Córdova

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Goltsblat BLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Gonzalez Calvillo SC

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

GoversVanZoest Advocaten

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Gray Plant Mooty

6 Franchise Lawyers featured

Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

HWL Ebsworth

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Hamilton Pratt

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Hanotiau & van den Berg

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Haynes and Boone LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Henry Sautereau

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Herzog Fox & Neeman

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Hoffer Adler LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Hogan & Hartson LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Holmes Lofstrom PC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Hyland Levin LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

International Law Affiliates

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

James A Meaney

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Jauregui Navarrete y Nader SC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Jausas

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Jeffery S Haff & Associates

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Jurvneshservice

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

K&L Gates LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Kanga & Co

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Kanouse & Walker PA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Kaufmann Gildin Robbins & Oppenheim LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Krass Monroe PA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Lagarias & Boulter LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Lapointe Rosenstein

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Law Office Böhner

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Law Office of Andrew A Caffey

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Lee & Ko

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Lehman Lee & Xu

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Lorenz

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Luthra & Luthra

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

MAQS Law Firm

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

MacDonald Pilcher Partnership

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Mackall Crounse & Moore PLC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Madson IP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Makarim & Taira S

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Mason Hayes+Curran

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Mason Sier Turnbull

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Mayer Brown LLP

4 Franchise Lawyers featured

Mazanti-Andersen Korso Jensen & Partnere

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

McConnell Valdés

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

McGuireWoods LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Mecs & Partner Kft / Csakay & Partners

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Meyer-Koering

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Munck Carter LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Nixon Peabody LLP

4 Franchise Lawyers featured

Olivares & Cia

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Palacios & Asociados/Sercomi

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Paul William Neale, Attorney at Law

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Pitegoff Law Office PLLC

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Plave Koch PLC

6 Franchise Lawyers featured

Riodan, Fulkerson, Hupert & Coleman

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Rizvi Isa Afridi & Angell

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Rodney Hatter & Associates

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

SCHLARMANNvonGEYSO

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Schiff Hardin LLP

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Schwartz Cooper Chartered

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Shalakany Law Office

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Snell & Wilmer LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

6 Franchise Lawyers featured

Sotos LLP

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Stewart Germann Law Office

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Streichenberg Attorneys at Law

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Thylin Advokatbyrå AB

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Tigges Rechtsanwalte

3 Franchise Lawyers featured

Tsar & Tsai Law Firm

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Veirano Advogados

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Voicu & Filipescu SCA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

Weston Patrick PA

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Wiggin and Dana LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Wiley Rein LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Witmer Karp Warner & Ryan LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Witten LLP

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Wong Jin Nee & Teo

1 Franchise Lawyer featured

Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito PA

2 Franchise Lawyers featured

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