Franchising

Franchise clients of every size choose Fox Rothschild for the complete range of corporate and legal services. We focus on your company’s short- and long-term strategic goals. From launch to growth to sale or merger, we advise regional, national and international franchisors, as well as franchise owners, manufacturers and distributors at every step.

We represent clients — from coffee shops to real estate brokerages — in the full range of franchise law matters, including registrations, renewals and drafting of the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the preparation of franchise agreements and related documents and handling franchise regulatory matters with various state agencies.

Our experience includes:

• Development and roll-out of numerous regional and national franchise systems
• Advising on financing and structuring of the franchisor and affiliated entities
• Counseling the franchisor on effective strategies to employ within the franchise system
• Assisting with IP and branding issues, including trademark registration and protection
• Negotiating agreements with franchisees, including area developers and master franchisees
• Representing franchisors in litigation regarding termination of franchisees, protection of IP and enforcement of restrictive covenants and other matters

We also offer our franchise clients access to an extensive network of business-building contacts, ranging from professionals in early-stage financing, accounting and operational systems to exit strategies.