Alan Greenfield

Practice Areas

Franchise & Distribution

Corporate

Latin America Practice

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Trade Secrets

Retail

Energy Transactions

Restaurant Industry

Career

Alan R. Greenfield concentrates his practice on international and domestic franchising, licensing and distribution matters. Alan works with both experienced and startup franchise companies in structuring franchise programs and drafting franchise-related documents. He counsels franchisors and manufacturers on everyday compliance and other franchise or distributor-related issues, such as registration and disclosure matters, negotiating agreements, relationship termination laws, maintaining good franchisee/distributor relations, and resolving disputes with franchisees/distributors.

Alan also works on international franchising, licensing and distribution transactions, and has helped clients with transactions in excess of 70 countries throughout North America, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He counsels a broad range of clients in expanding their brands internationally through all types of arrangements, such as master franchise and area development relationships, joint ventures, distribution relationships, non-traditional venue franchises, area representative relationships, and any combination of these arrangements.

He is also experienced in mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on franchise/distribution transactions, and general corporate law.

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)

International Franchise Association (IFA)

American Bar Association Forum on Franchising

Florida Bar Association

Illinois Bar Association

Publications

Chambers Global, 2012-2022.

Chambers USA, 2015-2021.

Personal

J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law

B.A., cum laude, University of Central Florida