Franchising your Business
Franchising is a highly profitable way to expand a business, but the process is complex. Franchise law is a complex area involving common law, statutory laws, and agency regulations. It requires participation from various practice areas such as contracts, trademarks, copyright, fraud, and dispute resolution.
Altacit Global offers comprehensive support to both franchisors and franchisees in a wide range of fields, offering services that include- disclosure documents, registrations, realty advice, company law, system enforcement, brand protection, and regulatory compliance in both domestic and global markets.
Franchising Matters
Altacit has immense experience in guiding clients through developing and structuring franchise businesses as a strategic choice for leveraging profitability, diverse options, and brand reputation. We adeptly handle the complexities of franchise agreements, serving both franchisors and franchisees.
- Franchisors own the trademarks, intellectual property, and business models and offer their systems in exchange for royalties or fees while retaining brand and operational control.
- Franchisees operate under these licensed systems.
Our comprehensive services include developing the franchise model, structuring the business to meet legal standards, ensuring compliance, crafting detailed disclosure documents, negotiating ironclad contracts, and addressing investment intricacies. Our holistic approach ensures a secure, legally sound, and prosperous relationship between franchisor and franchisee, fostering successful operations. Franchising requires multiple services to ensure you are legally compliant.
Our legal counsel for franchising includes
Developing a Franchise Business
We help franchisors and franchisees navigate the complexities of agreements, intellectual property protection, and compliance, ensuring a solid legal foundation for the franchise. Our expertise includes drafting disclosure documents and structuring contracts that protect business interests and support growth. Whether establishing or expanding a franchise, we provide the strategic legal guidance necessary for successful operations.
Franchise Agreements
Franchise Agreements are legally binding contracts between franchisors and franchisees. We assist you with drafting and registering the relevant contracts and documents, which are accurate down to the last detail—the number of units offered to a franchisee and the territory development rights spelled out. Single, Multiple Area Development, or Master Franchise Agreements- we handle it all.
Regulatory Compliance
Franchising is a heavily regulated industry. We ensure compliance with all the laws and regulations that govern the relationship between franchisors and franchisees to deliver transparency, fairness, and protection.
Franchise Audit
Our regular audits offer a systematic and objective evaluation of the franchisee’s compliance with the franchisor’s standards, policies, procedures, and issues that affect brand reputation.
Purchasing a Franchise
Signing a franchise agreement? Our spectrum of services spans the entire lifecycle and includes:
- Due diligence of the franchise
- Testing and validating claims
- Negotiating real estate leases
- Setting your business up with the correct legal entity
- Meeting regulatory requirements
- Protecting your trademarks
- IP asset management and protection
Franchise Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation
When a Franchisor feels that a Franchisee needs to offer the promised level of support, follow system standards, or have issues where they find themselves at an impasse, they may need legal counsel to escalate to the court system. Our experts effectively handle breach of contract claims, renewal and non-competition disputes, franchise encroachment, IP, and fraud claims.
Franchise Law - Advantage - Altacit Global
We are here to help your Franchise succeed in a competitive market with changing regulatory requirements. We offer solutions–focused advice and represent a wide range of brands, domestic and international, emerging and established.
Grow your Franchise with our legal counsel
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