Business Expansion: Franchising, Licensing and Joint Ventures

You have developed a successful business – congratulations! – and are now faced with one of the most important, exciting, and nerve-wracking prospects of a successful business owner’s life – should you expand? If the answer to that question is “yes,” how exactly should that expansion look? Will you grow your existing location? Should you establish additional locations? Should you bring on investors? Should you franchise? The options can seem overwhelming.

Rauchway Law routinely advises clients on their business expansion options, explaining exactly what each different route entails, the pros and cons of each, and providing practical legal recommendations based on each client’s specific needs and goals. We walk our clients step-by-step through an array of different expansion options, including franchising, licensing and joint ventures.

Should franchising be the right option for your business, we prepare all required franchise documents needed to ensure you are legally compliant to sell franchises, including franchise disclosure documents (the “FDD”) and franchise agreements. We also handle registrations and legal compliance in states where additional documentation is required, as well as FDD renewals and amendments.

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3 Unconventional Questions to Ask Potential Franchisors

When it comes to meeting with potential franchisors, it is important to see it as a two-way meeting. Not only are they trying to determine if you would be a good fit for their company, but you are trying to determine if their franchise structure will provide you the opportunity to thrive.

Key Considerations to Multi-Unit Franchise Ownership

Opening more than one franchise location can be beneficial to a franchisee’s business plan and financial goals. However, making a decision to operate multiple units is not one to be taken lightly. The following are a few things to consider when deciding whether to take on multiple unit franchise ownership:

Purchasing Your First Franchise: A How-To Guide

For those individuals who are looking to own their own business, franchising presents a very unique opportunity. Under this model, entrepreneurs can become business owners, while avoiding having to create an entirely new venture all on their own. And yet, while purchasing a franchise can be an enticing economic opportunity, many people just don’t know where to start.

We’d like to make the process a little less mysterious --