Franchise
overview
Burns & Levinson’s Franchise group has experience representing both franchisors and franchisees across a broad spectrum of industries and substantive matters. The Franchise group incorporates a team-oriented, cross-disciplinary approach to ensure our clients receive the necessary levels of experience required in every aspect of their franchise matters. Burns & Levinson’s Franchise group is made up of leaders in the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Business Law, Employment, and Real Estate practices.
representative engagements
- Advising and counseling regarding rights under contracts and state/federal law, and antitrust concerns of franchise associations
- Advising on, creating and implementing optimal business organization governance and tax structures
- Employment and consumer related issues
Advising and implementing on disclosures, registration, entity forms and related financing issues and business/personal tax aspects - Enforcing and defending against non-competition clauses and terminations of franchises
Perfection and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and avoiding infringement of IPR - Drafting, negotiating and amending franchise and area development agreements, offering circulars and disclosure documents
- Representing parties in litigation over contract rights and related statutory rights
- Working with lobbyists as legislative counsel drafting legislation and proposed amendments, and drafting legal/factual memoranda in support of or in opposition to pending franchise legislation
- Testifying before legislative committees regarding proposed franchise legislation
- Negotiating financing
- Negotiating leases
- Representing franchisors and franchisees on bankruptcy-related issues
Industry Experience
- Accounting Services
- Alcoholic Beverage
- Business Services
- Campgrounds
- Food Industry – Restaurants and Suppliers
- Health Clubs
- Oil/Gas Industry
- Printing Services
Professionals
Professionals
