Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is an 1,400 lawyer, international law firm with 31 offices world-wide, whose franchise lawyers are globally-recognized authorities, authors, speakers and advisory board members. Our clients range from start-up to Global 50 domestic and international franchising and distribution businesses that require sophisticated and complex legal support, including: antitrust counseling; regulatory compliance; litigation and arbitration; mergers and acquisitions; intellectual property protection, and more.

Franchise Ventures is the leading source for new franchisees, connecting franchise development professionals with qualified prospects through a collection of multi-channel, franchise opportunity and business-for-sale marketplaces, including: FranchiseOpportunities.com; FranchiseGator.com; FranchiseForSale.com; Franchise.com; FranchiseSolutions.com; BusinessBroker.net, and SmallBusinessStartup.com.

Wadsworth Design has been designing and furnishing award-winning franchises for 25+ years in health, beauty, fitness, education, and food service--including 200+ Code Ninjas, 100+ Deka Lash and 100+ Paul Mitchell the School franchises throughout the United States and Canada. We specialize in complete vision-to-grand-opening services, including timeless, modern interior design and the highest quality made-in-America furniture, fixtures and equipment.

We are a woman-owned, full-service franchise advisory firm founded and led by Ali McElroy, a recognized franchise industry leader with nearly two decades experience, spanning more than two dozen brands, over thirty countries, and thousands of franchised units. Our franchise incubator program offers a hands-on partnership that provides know-how, connections, and capital. We also offer strategic advisory and specialty project services to high-potential multi-unit, franchise, and growing businesses.

Law firm, with seamless U.S. - Canadian cross border expertise and representation in all matters relating to franchising. We have particular expertise in international franchise transactions. Our Canadian group leader, Ned Levitt, is internationally recognized as a leader in this field and is a frequent speaker and an accomplished author on franchise topics of all descriptions. Our U.S. group leader, Paul Fransway, has more than 30 years experience representing franchise systems of all sizes.

FranServe is the largest franchise consulting & expansion organization. Currently, we have over 600 active, affiliated consultants. We represent over 500 franchise brands. Our corporate team of industry experts has more than 100 years of combined experience in the franchise industry and provides world class training, support, tools, and leadership to our growing organization of consultants.

Only Hot Dish Advertising can give you over two decades of industry-leading expertise, a proven track-record of results and an award-winning suite of custom solutions. As a full-service FranFocused™ and BrandFocused advertising and marketing agency, we not only create your brand strategy and produce the creative for your campaign—we place it. Whether you’re looking to market to potential franchisees, employees or consumers through our new one-stop local media placement solution Hot Dish Local Marketing, we know how to market a franchise brand and speak in a language that sparks conversations and drives results. Discover what Hot Dish can do for your franchise brand today.

BBSI is a national leader in: Payroll Administration; HR Systems & Consulting; Risk & Safety Consulting; Worker's Comp Insurance; Business Consulting; Retirement and Health Benefits.
But who we are is so much more than that. We are an inquisitive group who want to understand you, your business and your team. Our dedicated team of professionals will take the time to get to know your business and your challenges as a business owner. What we really want to understand is why you started your business. What you hope to achieve. What makes you proud, and what keeps you up at night. Only then can we work together to create a blueprint for your success.

We’ve also seen firsthand how important community is. It’s easy to feel alone when you’ve got it all on the line, and you may not be comfortable sharing your business concerns with your employees. We regularly bring like-minded business owners together to create a community free from the pressures and distractions of the everyday grind—to connect and talk about their experiences and challenges. Then we help you take the knowledge and inspiration you gain from these sessions and apply it to your business.

We are an award-winning small business lender that steps up for entrepreneurs when traditional lenders can’t or won’t. Over the last 44 years, we’ve provided more than $20 billion in low-cost business loans to over 11,000 borrower clients... and counting.

As a nonprofit and community lender, CDC Small Business Finance's No. 1 mission is to help those who face the greatest obstacles in securing capital including women, minority and veteran-owned businesses. To do that, we don’t fixate on just hard numbers, we consider your entire entrepreneurial story. We believe if you invest in an entrepreneur, you also invest in their community.

Founded in Wisconsin, also the birthplace of the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law that served as a model for other franchise statutes, Foley now has a global presence. Foley consistently earns top ratings in the annual BTI Client Service A-Team survey of Fortune 1000 corporate counsel for our strong client focus, breadth of service, innovation, and value for the dollar. Our Annual Distribution and Franchise Law Seminar is nationally acclaimed, and we are Chambers rated nationally for franchising.

Cheng Cohen LLC is a Chicago based law firm that provides uncompromising client service and sound and practical legal advice to franchise brands.

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