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What is Franchise Law?

Franchise Law is essentially a commercial law practice area which, due to the special needs of this important industry, necessarily incorporates various legal skills normally associated with other, unrelated practice areas. For this reason it has attained, in Canada and internationally, the status of a distinct practice area. Generally the practice area includes documentation work including preparation of applications, franchise agreements, assignments, guarantees, indemnities and security agreements; regulatory compliance work including prospectus preparation, disclosure documents, and offering circulars; financing work which may include public offerings and private investment syndications; commercial leasing and other real estate arrangements; acquisition and sales work involving purchasing or disposing of new and existing franchises, as well as entire franchise systems; master franchise or area development agreements; international work which includes the establishment of foreign franchise systems in Canada and the Canadianization of foreign franchise documentation; intellectual property work including securing patents, copyright and particularly trademark protection; and sales and tax planning work which may include significant cross-border (particularly Canada-US) aspects.

Ontario

Toronto Leading Firms - Major Full Service
Most Frequently Recommended
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Consistently Recommended
Dentons Canada LLP
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Miller Thomson LLP
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Toronto Leading Firms - Boutique Firms
Most Frequently Recommended
Hoffer Adler LLP
Sotos LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Goldman Hine LLP
Jones Law Professional Corporation
Law Works P.C./L.C.
Morrison Brown Sosnovitch LLP
Teplitsky LLP
Toronto Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Most Frequently Recommended
Peter Viitre
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Consistently Recommended
David Altshuller
Toronto, Ontario
Teplitsky LLP
Adrienne Boudreau
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Ben V. Hanuka
Toronto, Ontario
Law Works P.C./L.C.
Clark L.E. Harrop
Toronto, Ontario
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Sheldon L. Disenhouse
Toronto, Ontario
Dentons Canada LLP
Steven H. Goldman
Toronto, Ontario
Goldman Hine LLP
David N. Kornhauser
Toronto, Ontario
Macdonald Sager LLP
Richard D. Leblanc
Toronto, Ontario
Miller Thomson LLP
Jonathan C. Lisus
Toronto, Ontario
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston
Toronto, Ontario
Goldman Hine LLP
Toronto Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Joseph Y. Adler
Toronto, Ontario
Hoffer Adler LLP
Allan D.J. Dick
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Jennifer Dolman
Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Chad Finkelstein
Toronto, Ontario
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Andraya C. Frith
Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Lloyd M. Hoffer
Toronto, Ontario
Hoffer Adler LLP
Jeffrey P. Hoffman
Toronto, Ontario
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Dominic Mochrie
Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Geoffrey B. Shaw
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Adam Ship
Toronto, Ontario
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
John Sotos
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Peter Viitre
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Larry M. Weinberg
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Consistently Recommended
David Altshuller
Toronto, Ontario
Teplitsky LLP
Adrienne Boudreau
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Helen Fotinos
Toronto, Ontario
Dentons Canada LLP
Ben V. Hanuka
Toronto, Ontario
Law Works P.C./L.C.
Clark L.E. Harrop
Toronto, Ontario
Dale & Lessmann LLP
Christine Jackson
Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Darrell E. Jarvis
Toronto, Ontario
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Edward N. Levitt
Toronto, Ontario
Dickinson Wright LLP
Frank Robinson
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Derek Ronde
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
David Shaw
Toronto, Ontario
Dale & Lessmann LLP
John Yiokaris
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Dan Caldarone
Toronto, Ontario
Caldarone Law Office
Pascale Cloutier
Toronto, Ontario
Miller Thomson LLP
Sheldon L. Disenhouse
Toronto, Ontario
Dentons Canada LLP
Christopher Horkins
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Liisa P. Kaarid
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
David N. Kornhauser
Toronto, Ontario
Macdonald Sager LLP
Richard D. Leblanc
Toronto, Ontario
Miller Thomson LLP
Jean-Marc Leclerc
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Jonathan C. Lisus
Toronto, Ontario
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Andrae Marrocco
Toronto, Ontario
McMillan LLP
Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston
Toronto, Ontario
Goldman Hine LLP
Colin Pendrith
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Gillian Scott
Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Leading Lawyers to Watch
Daniel Hamson
Toronto, Ontario
Sotos LLP
Hamilton Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Debi M. Sutin
Hamilton, Ontario
Gowling WLG
London Leading Firms
Consistently Recommended
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Siskinds LLP
London Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Daniel F. So
London, Ontario
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP
Consistently Recommended
Peter Dillon
London, Ontario
Siskinds LLP
Ottawa Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Repeatedly Recommended
Sylvie Patenaude
Ottawa, Ontario
Sicotte Guilbault LLP
Ottawa Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Repeatedly Recommended
Sylvie Patenaude
Ottawa, Ontario
Sicotte Guilbault LLP

Québec

Montréal Leading Firms
Most Frequently Recommended
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, L.L.P.
Consistently Recommended
Alepin Gauthier Avocats
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Dentons Canada LLP
Miller Thomson LLP
Montréal Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Consistently Recommended
Frédéric Patrice Gilbert
Montréal, Québec
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
François Alepin
Montréal, Québec
Alepin Gauthier Avocats
Montréal Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Bruno Floriani
Montréal, Québec
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, L.L.P.
Consistently Recommended
Frédéric Patrice Gilbert
Montréal, Québec
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
François Alepin
Montréal, Québec
Alepin Gauthier Avocats
Stéphanie Destrempes
Montréal, Québec
Cain Lamarre
Jean H. Gagnon
Montréal, Québec
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

British Columbia

Vancouver Leading Firms
Most Frequently Recommended
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Consistently Recommended
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Gowling WLG
Repeatedly Recommended
Dentons Canada LLP
Shields Harney
Vancouver Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Blair A. Rebane
Vancouver, British Columbia
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Peter V. Snell
Vancouver, British Columbia
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Consistently Recommended
Judy A. Rost
Vancouver, British Columbia
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
Tony Wilson
Vancouver, British Columbia
Whiteboard Law

Alberta

Calgary Leading Firms
Consistently Recommended
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Bennett Jones LLP
Dentons Canada LLP
Calgary Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Repeatedly Recommended
Thomas Gelbman
Calgary, Alberta
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Edmonton Leading Firms
Most Frequently Recommended
Witten LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Dentons Canada LLP
Edmonton Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Consistently Recommended
Ellery C. Lew
Edmonton, Alberta
Witten LLP
Edmonton Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Consistently Recommended
Ellery C. Lew
Edmonton, Alberta
Witten LLP

Manitoba

Winnipeg Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Repeatedly Recommended
Judith R. A. Payne
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pitblado LLP
Winnipeg Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Repeatedly Recommended
Judith R. A. Payne
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pitblado LLP

New Brunswick

Fredericton Leading Practitioners - Franchisee
Most Frequently Recommended
Michael J. Melvin
Fredericton, New Brunswick
McInnes Cooper
Fredericton Leading Practitioners - Franchisor
Most Frequently Recommended
Michael J. Melvin
Fredericton, New Brunswick
McInnes Cooper
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