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Removing your obstacles, supporting your success
Our Franchise and Distribution team brings together lawyers from across the country and across all critical disciplines to offer comprehensive, client-focused, and practical legal solutions for the diverse business and operational challenges facing franchise systems today.


Unique, multi-dimensional perspectives
Multi-jurisdictional franchise clients operating in both highly-regulated industries such as automotive, energy, health, and telecommunications, as well as traditional franchise industries such as hospitality or food and beverage, count on our integrated approach and seamless service to drive unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Our team incorporates the insights of trained and experienced in-house counsel from leading franchise systems across multiple sectors, and the nation’s top franchise lawyers recognized by reputable ranking agencies such as Chambers Canada, ensuring your needs are reflected in both the quality of our advice and the enhanced manner in which we deliver legal services.

Chambers Review

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Franchising - Nationwide - Canada

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

McCarthy Tétrault has a recognised national footprint and is well versed in both transactional and contentious franchising law matters. The law firm offers expertise in the full gamut of matters arising in this space, drawing on its broad service offering to act as a one-stop shop for franchisors. Partners and associates based in Toronto and Vancouver advise clients ranging in size from emerging businesses and mid-market players to global corporations in a variety of sectors, including food and beverages, telecommunications, medical, education, hospitality and automotive. The law firm's offices in New York and London, England position it well to assist international franchising clients.

Work Highlights

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  • McCarthy Tétrault advised the Wagner Wine Company on its licensing and distribution set-up in Canada, in addition to litigation support.

Strengths

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McCarthy Tétrault has excellent talent across a variety of legal sectors and provides coverage on any issue we have had to grapple with.

Franchising respondent
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McCarthy Tétrault has extensive franchising law expertise.

Franchising respondent
Canada

If I need something turned around very quickly, they are always able to do it.

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Notable Practitioners

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Stephanie Sugar
4
Stephanie Sugar
4
Band 4

Stephanie Sugar has a strong contentious practice, with notable expertise in handling franchise disputes and wider commercial litigation matters. She is additionally skilled at assisting companies with market entries and the revision of franchise agreements, notably for clients in the automotive and education sectors.

Stephanie Sugar's litigation and franchise knowledge is excellent. 

She was amazing to deal with and always on our side.

She is extremely responsive and able to synthesise complex material very clearly, communicating with equal clarity.

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Stephanie Sugar
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