Baybridge Lawyers franchise overview
Our firm provides franchisors and franchisees with expert advice and assistance on a range of services, utilising our experience from acting in excess of 50 franchise systems in the retail, services and business to business sectors.
Franchise set-up
- Drafting relevant franchise agreements and disclosure documents, confidentiality agreements and other relevant franchise documentation ; Advice regarding structure;
- Setting-up companies;
- Preparing step-by-step guides for signing up franchisees
Ongoing
- Reviewing franchise documentation
- Dealing with renewal, assignments and termination of franchise agreement
- Negotiation of franchise agreements
- Sale of franchised businesses
- Protection of intellectual property, nationally and internationally;
- Import/export of franchise systems.
Compliance
- Franchising Code of Conduct;
- Trade Practices Act;
- Corporations Law;
- Privacy Act;
Franchise sign-up
- Preparing necessary franchise documentation;
- Over looking execution of documents;
- Dealing with issues particular to franchise sign up.
Advice to franchisees
- Review/advice in relation to franchise documentation;
- Negotiation of franchise agreements;
- Review/advise in relation to lease documents.
- Review/advise in relation to Contract for Sale of Business.
- Dispute Resolution.
As well as advising many clients in relation to franchise issues, we also offer sound commercial advice on a range of issues including;
- Corporate structuring Shareholders agreements
- Corporate litigation
- Dispute resolution and
- Specific commercial issues relating to the respective businesses of our clients.
Marwan Kojok, MD has had a long and active association with the Franchise Council of Australia. Our firm prides itself on developing good and strong relationships with our clients. We work within a network of law firms, consultants and advisors to ensure our clients have access to the resources, advice and support necessary for their success.
Baybridge Lawyers also provides articles and seminars to the general public on up-to-date franchise practices, code developments and compliance. 14.08.2007
Contact Baybridge Lawyers
Tel: 02 9232 3511
Fax: 02 9232 3499
