Franchising

Whether you’re expanding in the UK or internationally, acquiring, selling or wishing to terminate an arrangement, we provide clear and pragmatic advice tailored to your business needs.

Our award-winning franchise team has been providing comprehensive legal advice and support to franchisors and licensors, franchisees and licensees for over 25 years. We are long standing,active members of the British Franchise Association and committed to promoting ethical franchising.

How we help

Providing strategic commercial advice on the best expansion model to suit your business needs.
Preparing franchise and licence agreements, master franchise agreements and area development agreements. For international agreements we engage with trusted local lawyers in our network to ensure compliance with local laws.
Ongoing advice for the growth and management of the network, including recruitment and onboarding, advising on property matters, employment issues, renewals, resales, terminations and exit plans.
For our franchise and licensee clients - we review and advise on agreements, renewal and exit options, business sales and acquisitions.
Protecting and maximising the value of brands and intellectual property, including structuring and drafting manufacture and supply agreements, and negotiating the acquisition of licence rights.

Franchising disputes

We help you resolve disputes in complex franchising relationships. Our specialist franchising team includes dispute resolution lawyers with experience in handling misrepresentation claims, terminating franchise agreements, brand protection and copyright issues, damages claims, and cease and desist notices and take down notices.

We are particularly familiar with how litigation, mediation and arbitration play out in relation to franchise disputes and have experience of the British Franchise Association’s arbitration scheme.