Legally British: Understanding the UK market

Published

Dec 02 2016

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Partner
UK

I'm the global head of our International Retail & Consumer sector group. As a partner in our international Commercial group in London, I work primarily with retail & consumer focussed businesses on their domestic and international growth and expansion strategies.

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Franchising & Distribution

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London

In many respects, the granting of master franchise rights for all or part of the UK is – or should be – relatively straight-forward. Compared to a number of international markets where master franchising is commonly adopted, for example the US, Australia and India, the UK is very light touch from a legal perspective.