Franchises & Dealer Dispute Lawyers & Attorneys | Minneapolis, MN

Franchising is a specialized method of distribution of goods and services, regulated by state and federal law. Franchises can be a lucrative investment opportunity for entrepreneurs, as well as larger businesses, but also present many challenging risks to the franchisee-investor.

Saliterman & Siefferman franchise attorneys provide counsel to business organizations in planning and executing distribution programs, converting distribution programs from one method to another, managing franchise and dealer relationships, and resolving disputes through negotiation, litigation, or alternative dispute resolution procedures. We also counsel franchisee-investors, purchasing cooperatives, and associations of franchisees.

Our lawyers have served as franchise counsel to several national franchisors as well as regional franchisors. We have assisted franchisors in developing new franchise distribution programs, to transition existing franchise programs into non-franchise based systems, to transition non-franchise networks of dealers or distributors into a franchise-based system, and to buy and sell franchised business systems. We have helped clients establish and protect brand identification for franchise systems, and to negotiate manufacturing and supply contracts. Our support services include planning and structuring distribution alternatives, preparing franchise agreements, franchise disclosure and registration documents, and counseling in franchise sales regulation compliance efforts.

We have assisted franchisees in establishing and structuring new nationwide autonomous associations of franchisees, negotiating and renegotiating standard system franchise agreements, negotiating favorable settlements of both large and small scale legal disputes and litigation, establishing and operating cooperative purchasing and distribution programs, negotiating manufacturing agreements with independent competitive suppliers, and establishing independent franchisee-owned brand identification.

We handle franchise and dealer disputes across the country for numerous clients.