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If you want to franchise your business or buy a franchise in England or Wales, LegalVision’s experienced franchise team can help. We have provided legal advice to clients across a wide range of industries, including IT, retail and hospitality services, and can clearly explain your rights and obligations.

Franchise Your Business

Franchising is becoming increasingly popular in England and Wales as a means of growing a business. Franchises include fashion, fitness, food, real estate, and professional services, among others. To franchise your business means licensing a prospective franchisee to distribute and market goods and services under your brand, including using your intellectual property. 

Our team can help you with:

  • drafting your key documents, including the master franchise agreement;
  • licence and distribution agreements; 
  • new franchisee document packs; and
  • brand protection, such as registering trade marks for the franchise business.

When you are ready for international expansion, we can help you with that, too.

Buying a Franchise 

Buying a franchise is a great option if you prefer to work with an established brand. The LegalVision franchising team can assist with:

  • reviewing the franchise documents, such as your agreement and disclosure documents;
  • negotiating on your behalf with the franchisor; and
  • reviewing and negotiating your commercial lease.

LegalVision has extensive experience helping thousands of franchise businesses. Let us help you achieve your franchise goals. Further, we offer price certainty for further peace of mind. Call LegalVision’s franchise lawyers today on 0808 196 8584 or complete the form on this page.

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How LegalVision Can Help

Experienced Franchising Lawyers

Franchising your business can create a route to growth without funding every new location yourself, but the model needs to work beyond the original operation. Before bringing in franchisees, the commercial model, brand rights, operating systems and contractual framework need to align. Decisions made at this stage can affect how much control you retain, how revenue flows through the network and how easily problems can be managed later.

Established businesses often come to us when they have proven demand and are preparing to expand into new territories, appoint their first franchisee or restructure an existing network. Taking advice before offering franchise opportunities gives you more room to test whether the model is suitable, define the relationship between franchisor and franchisee, and identify gaps in intellectual property, property, supplier or operational arrangements. Once franchisees have invested and agreements are signed, changing those settings can be more difficult and commercially disruptive.

Examples of when businesses come to us:

  • the first franchisee is ready to sign, and the commercial model, territory rights and operating controls need testing before launch
  • an established network is adding new locations or territories and existing agreements no longer reflect how the business operates
  • a franchise relationship has broken down over performance, payments or brand standards, and the available exit options are narrowing

Our expertise

  • Franchise model and structure: We advise on the franchisor entity, revenue arrangements, territories and decision-making rights so you can assess whether the model supports the scale and control you want.
  • Franchise agreements and disclosure: We draft and review franchise agreements, master franchise agreements, franchise disclosure documents and related packs, aligning them with the operating model and commercial relationship.
  • Brand, intellectual property and operations: We advise on trade marks, intellectual property licences, operations manuals and supplier arrangements that support consistency across the network and protect key brand assets.
  • Network growth and transactions: We advise on onboarding franchisees, renewals, resales, transfers, exits and international expansion, including related leases and supplier contracts, so network changes fit the wider model.
  • Franchise disputes and performance issues: We advise on breaches, payment issues, underperformance, termination and exit negotiations, focusing on preserving commercial options before positions become harder to resolve.

Our Services

Assisting Franchisors

We assist franchisors with legal compliance and draft key franchise documents, including franchise agreements, intellectual property licences and commercial leases. We can also assist with franchisee acquisitions, renewals and franchise structuring.

Assisting Franchisees

Our lawyers can assist you with purchasing a franchise, including negotiating and reviewing the franchise documentation. We can also assist with leasing for franchisees, including advising you on your rights and obligations.

Advising Business Owners Looking to Franchise

If you are looking to expand your business and deciding whether to licence or franchise, our team can advise you on the best options for your expansion. We can also help draft master franchise agreements.

“We advise established franchisors, businesses preparing to franchise and franchisees on matters ranging from franchise agreements and disclosure documents to network expansion and disputes. Our view is that a strong franchise agreement is only one part of a workable network. We focus on how the documents, brand controls and commercial model operate together, because the best franchise structures are designed to support decisions long after the first agreement is signed.”
Paul Loccisano Paul Loccisano Practice Leader, LegalVision

Providing businesses
with unlimited legal help.

Unlike other law firms, LegalVision provides businesses with ongoing and on-demand legal support through our unlimited legal services membership. When you become a member, you get access to an experienced team of lawyers to assist with all your business' legal needs. Your membership includes:

  • Unlimited Document Drafting,
    Reviews and Amendments
  • Unlimited Legal Advice Consultations
  • Unlimited Domestic Trade Marks
  • and more…

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a franchise solicitor do?

A franchise solicitor helps businesses set up and manage a franchise network, and helps franchisees buy into one. LegalVision’s franchise solicitors can help with franchise agreements, disclosure materials, trade marks, supplier arrangements, renewals, transfers and disputes.

Can LegalVision help with franchise disclosure documents?

Yes. Our franchise solicitors can prepare disclosure documents that give prospective franchisees consistent information about the opportunity, network and costs. Many UK franchisors follow British Franchise Association standards, and documents can be drafted with those in mind.

What legal work is involved in franchising a business?

Franchising a business usually involves a franchise agreement, disclosure documents, an operations manual, trade mark protection and supplier agreements. Depending on the model, property arrangements may also be needed. LegalVision can scope the work and confirm fees upfront.

When should I involve a franchise dispute lawyer?

Franchisors and franchisees often seek advice once a dispute starts to affect payments, performance, brand standards, renewal, transfer or exit. Early advice can help before either side takes steps that narrow the options for resolving it.

What is the process for working with LegalVision on a franchise matter?

Franchise matters usually start with the business model, existing documents and your immediate objective. Our solicitors can then advise on structure, prepare franchise documents, negotiate terms, help with IP or leasing issues, or manage a dispute.

Why choose LegalVision’s franchise solicitors?

Our franchise solicitors work with franchisors and franchisees in food, retail, fitness, care and home services. Fixed fees give you cost certainty as the network grows, and quick turnarounds help when franchisee recruitment, renewals or disputes are time-sensitive.

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