Services
“FFW is '...a key adviser to our
business and it is reasonable to say has played an important part
in our global development'.”
Steve Mills, former CEO, MRI
Worldwide Network Limited
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Our advice to service providers covers a wide range of business
offerings from management recruitment to air conditioning, from
hairdressers to ladies only gyms and from car rental to car scratch
repairs.
We have pioneered the concept of Master Franchisee Buy Outs
(MFBOs) in this sector. Most franchise advisers have hardly
heard of such a concept, but we have advised on two such deals in
the course of 12 months. Deals such as this are cutting-edge,
and illustrate our fresh approach to international issues. This was
not a case of printing off a precedent agreement, the deals
involved innovative thought and a real understanding of the issues
that our clients are facing in this sector.
"We have worked with FFW for many years and they are our valued
advisors in franchising."
Roger Wild, ChipsAway International
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Our experience in the Services sector
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We have advised the Halifax Estate
Agencies Equity Partnership regarding
strategic and business structuring issues for its UK
franchise operation. In addition to drafting the franchise
documentation for the Halifax's UK roll out, we continue
to advise Halifax on its franchise expansion.
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We have since also advised ChipsAway International Limited on
its purchase, by way of an MFBO, of the global intellectual
property rights of ChipsAway outside of USA and Canada from
ChipsAway Inc.
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We have advised The Dwyer Group Inc subsidiaries, Air Serv and
Mr Electric, on their European roll outs, involving strategic
advice on structuring, development targets and market
penetration.
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We were legal advisers to Myhome International plc on its
admission to AIM from PLUS with a market capitalisation of
approximately £30 million. In addition to advising this
international franchisor on corporate issues, we also advised
extensively on its franchise structure and documentation. We have
also advised Myhome on its 2007 purchase of the ChipsAway franchise
for £20 million.
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We advised Curves, the ladies only gym concept and one time
fastest growing franchise in the world, on its European and Middle
East roll out.
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LighterLife instructed us to update their licensing model to a
level that was more appropriate to their successful and rapidly
expanding weight-management business. We redrafted their licensing
documentation to ensure that their rights were strengthened and
they were afforded the necessary protection needed by franchisors.
Following this work they then asked us to provide them with a
"one-stop shop" of legal services for their franchise business.
This has allowed us to provide them with advice on franchise
dispute resolution, trade mark filings, advertising law issues,
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We have advised this well-known stop smoking clinic on various
aspects in relation to the expansion of it’s operations in the
UK. |
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The Original Poster Company Limited is a well known distributor
of greetings card distribution to retailers and we have advised on
various aspects in relation to the expansion of it’s operations in
the UK. |
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We represented MRI Networks, a NYSE quoted corporation, on its
sale of the global intellectual property rights of MRI outside of
the USA. This deal involved the sale of the international
business to UK corporations and the transfer of all of the world
wide master agreements. This involved detailed and complex
negotiations and disclosure and registration programmes in some 22
countries around the globe from Australia, China, South America to
Europe. This was, we believe, the first example of an MFBO on an
international scale – a pioneering transaction which we
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“FFW's work product is excellent and
they are very responsive to me whenever I call on them. In addition
to being very capable lawyers, they are good businesspersons and
are very accommodating and easy to work with in every
instance.”
Steve LaCroix, Assistant General Counsel, The Dwyer
Group, Inc
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