Franchise, Distribution & Direct Sales Industry

Merging business acumen with legal and industry-specific knowledge to unleash the full potential of your business

Capabilities at a glance

  • As one of the few full-service law firms in this space comprising highly decorated legal and business-centric attorneys, our Franchise, Distribution & Direct Sales Industry Team represents many of the world’s most important brands.
  • Serving as your strategic business partners and providing comprehensive legal support, we take care of your legal needs seamlessly through an ever-present business worldview.
  • Leveraging a worldwide network of top franchise, distribution and direct sales practitioners in every jurisdiction, we ensure you have the best advice wherever your business is looking to operate.

Business-focused legal advice from experienced attorneys

Franchising, distribution and direct sales is our whole world. We also make sure we understand your world. To accomplish this, we thoughtfully and strategically create teams composed of attorneys with incredible business and industry-specific experience as well as attorneys with unmatched legal knowledge. We speak your language — because it’s only by fully understanding the nuances of your business that we can help you achieve your goals. We further leverage our experience and knowledge to put processes and infrastructures in place to help you make the best, most cost-efficient business decisions so you can keep reaching as many new customers as possible. Our business model lets us provide genuine value and helps our clients advance to the next level, whether that involves M&A or other avenues to expand your sales.

Broad industry knowledge across franchising, distribution and direct sales

We represent a wide range of franchisors, manufacturers, distributors and direct sales companies, and this experience has given our team unique insights into how to give your business the competitive advantage you need. Our attorneys have the agility that comes from representing some of the largest franchisors and direct sales companies in the world alongside exciting new ventures that are just establishing their systems. Wherever you are in your growth, we help you comply with the vast and changing regulatory landscapes in which your businesses operate, we help you resolve disputes as they come up and we help you tackle your most pressing business issues — whether related to labor and employment, tax, intellectual property, product liability, privacy and data protection, contracting, M&A or any other area.

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Franchise, Distribution & Direct Sales Industry Focus Areas

Direct Sales Industry

With Quarles, you can expect the best advice on direct sales law delivered with an emphasis on pragmatism and deep industry knowledge. We will always take the time to understand your specific business objectives and deliver solutions tailored to your needs. Our attorneys help clients better understand the regulatory and competitive environment to maximize your ability to operate within it. We advise direct sales and multilevel marketing companies in state and federal regulatory compliance and securities matters as well as complex commercial litigation disputes.

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Franchise and Distribution Industry

As one of the biggest teams of Franchise and Distribution attorneys in the country, we always provide legal advice backed by a deep understanding of the market in which you operate. Many of our attorneys have impressive business qualifications, while others have worked as in-house counsel in your industry, and we put that business acumen to work for you. We help you navigate the maze of state, federal and international laws and establish, structure and expand your franchise systems into new jurisdictions unhindered.

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