Thomas Ayres and Eric Karp have extensive experience advising franchisees, retailers, licensees, and distributors on employment, transactional, advertising, real estate, operational, and regulatory issues. We have helped clients to review franchisor disclosures and agreements, negotiate sales, purchases, and transfers of their businesses, relocate, and remodel their locations, respond to notices of noncompliance, nonrenewal, defaults, and terminations, and deal with enforcement of covenants not to compete. While many of these matters are not contentious and can be resolved amicably, we have also advocated on behalf of our clients in mediation, arbitration, and litigation when appropriate.

In addition to representing clients individually, we have also helped numerous clients form their own associations and advocate for their interests collectively. Some notable clients include franchisees of the brands 7-Eleven, McDonald’s, Hardee’s, Popeyes, Pure Barre, BrightStar, Burn Boot Camp, Jackson Hewitt, Dale Carnegie, Home Instead, Choice Hotels, Dunkin Donuts, and Massage Envy.