DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs around the world. Our clients operate franchising and distribution systems in domestic and international markets. We handle a broad range of issues for our clients, including: structuring franchise and distribution systems, M&A and other transactions, litigation and arbitration.

Introducing the Emerging Franchise Brands Podcast, your exclusive backstage pass into the dynamic world of franchising! Hosted by Frank Fiume, the visionary founder of the i9 Sports franchise, this podcast is your go-to source for untold stories and invaluable insights straight from the minds behind some of the most exciting emerging franchise brands.

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.

International Law Firm.

We are an international boutique firm dedicated to providing legal services to domestic and international clients who seek practical solutions for their legal challenges in the United States. Our clients enjoy the personal attention of our experienced attorneys. By focusing on core competencies we are able to advise our clients with a sophistication usually only found at much larger firms. Yet, thanks to our lean organization our efficiency is unmatched by our larger competitors.

The solutions your franchise needs at each stage of business growth can be complex. Let the CPAs and Advisors of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. (PKF Texas) co-develop those solutions with you. Innovative companies move quickly and often face tough business challenges. The PKF Texas team is motivated to find solutions to those challenges and assist you with your bottom line. Our clients represent a cross-section of industries, relying on us for: contract compliance; joint venture audits; financial statement audits; accounting; business advisory; domestic/international tax services and more. As an active member of the Houston business community, we are proud to support IFA and the franchise sector. We are here to co-create success stories with you wherever you do business. For more information on how we can help you visit http://www.PKFTexas.com.

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Rhino 7 Franchise Development Co. is the nation’s premier provider of outsourced franchise sales and franchisee support systems. Rhino 7 has over 20 years of experience. Rhino 7 sells franchisees for Franchisors, has a real estate division to help franchisees find and open locations and has full franchisee operational support teams to help franchisee in all aspects of opening and ongoing support. Franchisor Brand Growth (outsourced franchise sales) and Franchisor Operations (franchisee support systems) are what we do. Rhino 7 provides the level of assistance to the needs of the franchisor. We grow existing franchisors and we help create new franchisors out of existing businesses. We do all of this with a high level of integrity and an all-in commitment to you and your brand.

Established in 1911, Thompson Hine LLP is a full service business law firm with more than 360 lawyers in: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton, OH, Washington, D.C., New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, and Chicago, IL. The firm has an extensive practice counseling franchisors and franchisees and litigating franchise and distribution matters.

Creative Media Group, Inc. is an application services provider that supplies e-commerce consulting, web site design, and customized Internet/Intranet applications and solutions to major corporations, franchisors, and their customers worldwide.

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At Vendasta, our core purpose is to drive local economies by democratizing technology for local businesses. We accomplish this by providing a robust platform to local experts around the world—our channel partners. Partners use Vendasta’s technology to advertise, market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver digital solutions to local businesses. Our end-to-end platform and marketplace are tightly integrated into an operating system delivered to SMBs, providing a single sign-on to their digital products and analytics. Vendasta serves 60,000+ channel partners, who in turn work with more than 5.5 million businesses worldwide.