Thomsons Lawyers

Areas of Expertise: Thomsons is an independent Australian law firm comprised of more than 400 partners, lawyers and staff. We offer a full commercial law service as a fully integrated national firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. Our core legal capabilities are corporate, dispute resolution, and property and development.

Locations Serviced: Nationally across Australia. We also have experience acting for clients internationally. We have prepared many Australian master agreements for US and other international franchisors coming into Australia, and have helped many Australian franchisors expand their businesses overseas. We have assisted Australian franchisors in obtaining master franchises from the US and other countries.

Clients: Begin Bright; AGL Retail Energy; Barbeques Galore; Cheesecake Shop; Chrysler; Fasta Pasta; GJ Gardiner Homes; Hyundai; Jenny Craig; Kwik Kopy; Laing & Simmons; LJ Hooker; Luxottica; McDonalds; Mini-Tankers Australia; Mitsubishi Motors Australia; Mr Rental; Oporto Chicken & Burgers; Provender Australia; Raine & Horne; SPAR Australia; Storage King; Subway and Top Snap Photography.

Key Franchise Services: With over 50,000 franchise systems operating in Australia there are numerous commercial, legal and regulatory challenges that impact on the successful conduct of a franchise business.

To meet these challenges, franchisors and franchisees need commercially astute and pragmatic advice from lawyers who understand franchising in the context of relevant industries and have the essential experience and expertise. Thomsons Lawyers has that understanding and expertise.

We have extensive first-hand experience of the complex demands upon franchisors. Our specialists have provided straightforward advice and practical solutions to franchisors and master franchisees for more than 30 years.

We regularly manage compliance issues and address the legal considerations that contribute to franchise network efficiency, profitability and expansion. Our team includes members of the Franchising Council of Australia and lawyers who are registered as mediators under the Franchising Code.