Pursuant to subsection 5(1) of the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000, S.O. 2000 c. 3 (the “Act”), franchisors must provide prospective franchisees with a disclosure document. However, subsection 5(7) of the Act exempts the franchisor from this requirement in the event of a grant of a franchise by a franchisee if the grant “is […]
International Referral the global network of business lawyers, is delighted to introduce Nicola Broadhurst of Stevens & Bolton LLP. Nicola has joined the Legal network; as our exclusive Franchise Law member in England. Nicola trained at Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaws) in London and worked at Mishcon de Reya and Mundays before joining Stevens & Bolton […]
Wagner, Johnson & Rosenthal’s Mike Rosenthal was recently featured in the American Express Open Forum. Check out the February 1, 2012 article about the Top 4 Mistakes When Franchising Your Business. Wagner, Johnston & Rosenthal, P.C.
On August 1, 2015, the Civil and Commercial Code (hereinafter “CCC”) entered into force, introducing specific legal regulation on the franchise contract from Sections 1512 to 1524. The CCC provides a legal definition of the franchise contract establishing that it is performed when one party – the franchisor – grants another party – the franchisee […]
When buying property in Spain (and in any country, not matter if it is the country where the buyer lives or it is a foreign one) it is imperative to obtain individual legal advice before embarking upon any transaction. We recommend that you do not sign any documents or deliver any amount of money without […]
Franchised & Licensed products and services are specially successful among the middle class citizens: they provide good quality products, services and experiences at a reasonable price. Some emerging countries, with many people reaching the status of middle class every year are avid for new franchised or licensed products and services. On the other hand, becoming […]
IS FRANCHISING OR LICENSING A GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN EMERGING COUNTRIES? Anybody who has been walking along the high streets of any main European or US cities for sure has noticed the big amount of McDonalds, KFC, Starbucks, Zara or Benetton stores, to mention just few examples, but maybe few people has wondered what […]
Conflicts of interest under the new Law 31/2014, which amends the Companies’ Act with the aim of strengthening the corporate governance: Conflicts of interest are regulated under article 190 of the reformed Companies Act. Conflicts of interest were previously restricted to Limited Liability Companies (S.L.) and have now been expanded by the recent reform to […]
The increased Powers of the Shareholders’ Meeting under the new Law 31/2014, which amends the Companies’ Act with the aim of strengthening the corporate governance: The reformed law has extended the competences and involvement of the General Meeting. This change increases the powers of the General Meeting. Namely, it requires its approval for all the […]
Law 31/2014, in force since December 25th, 2014, amends the Spanish Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital) with the aim of strengthening the policy on Corporate Governance, affects all Spanish companies and it is absolutely relevant for joint ventures or companies with several shareholders, where one or more of them are members of a […]
Michael S. Rosenthal is an attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Michael has been in practice for 35 years. Michael focuses his practice on franchise and distribution law. Michael particularly enjoys representing “inbound” foreign franchisors coming to the U.S. market and individual investors seeking to immigrate to the U.S. by qualifying for visas tied to […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Kees Kan of Kan Vlassenroot Advocaten. Kees has joined IR as our exclusive Franchise and Distribution Law Member in the Netherlands. Kees Kan studied law at Leiden University. Directly after his studies he joined Wieringa Advocaten in Amsterdam in 1995. After his […]