This useful handbook offers a valuable blend of law and business experience to give practical guidance to managers and their legal advisers on the different areas of law affecting the establishment and management of a successful franchise.
Franchising Law covers the history, development and commercial rationale of franchising, and details the legal and related practical issues, which arise at each stage in the life of a franchise. Leading franchise practitioners provide authoritative commentary on each of these issues, including contractual and financial issues, taxation, intellectual property and competition law.
Separate chapters consider in detail the legal and documentation issues of international franchising and the increasing impact of EU legislation in this area.