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Franchise Times Dealmakers Predict Cloudy Forecast for Franchise M&A in 2025

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Last month, Franchise Times held its annual “Dealmakers Week” where it offers a series of webinars with top franchise dealmakers to discuss the year’s biggest franchise deals and industry trends. The week included a...more

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Big Deals and Bigger Takeaways: The Future of Platform Franchisors

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Today is Day 1 of Franchise Times Dealmakers Week. The webinar series is serving up a week of can’t-miss conversations with top franchise leaders who are building platforms, scaling brands, and reshaping the future of...more

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Global Franchise & Supply Network - 2025 Report

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While 2024 saw more stability in the financial markets than 2023, many challenges arose in 2024 for franchised businesses, manufacturers and retail chains, including bankruptcies of many large restaurant and retail chains,...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Successful Mediation of Franchise Disputes: Factors That Influence the Outcome

Franchising as a legal relationship has embraced mediation as a pre-filing requirement to a lawsuit or arbitration in most franchise agreements. So, how has it gone? While we have roughly a 25-year history since the earliest...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Private Equity's Time on the Bench Is Over: NFL Owners Allow Private Equity Fund Investments

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Private equity funds have been patiently waiting on the sidelines for their chance to invest in the NFL, and they have finally been called off the bench to show what they can do. Every NFL team owner except for one has voted...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Institutional Investments in Sports: Fueling Revenue and Valuation Growth

There was a time when ownership of a professional sports franchise was not regarded as a serious business venture. Owning a team, even in one of the major leagues in North America, was regarded as more of a frolic and detour,...more

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IFA Convention Takeaway: Franchise Founder Succession Planning Doesn’t Have to be a Single Lane Path

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One of the most highly anticipated portions of the IFA Annual Convention each year is the case study workshop conducted at the Annual Leadership Conference. All 350 attendees are provided a real-world scenario based on an...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How High Can It Go? What Private Equity Needs to Know about How Professional Sports Leagues’ Rules Impact Sports Franchise...

If you had invested in a North American sports franchise between 1991- 2022, you would have earned at least a seven-fold return on your investment, bettering the return from the S&P 500 over that period of time by a...more

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Real Estate Outlook 2023

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At the beginning of 2023, our real estate subsector leaders shared their insights on what headwinds and tailwinds they expected for the industry in the coming year. As a follow-up retrospective, we asked the subsector leaders...more

Goodwin

Ten Issues to Consider When Acquiring a Food Business

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The food industry is generally considered recession-resistant and less susceptible to economic downturns than other sectors, making it an attractive investment for private equity firms seeking stable returns. The increasing...more

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Latest Franchise Investment Trends

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Recently, I moderated a panel for an International Franchise Association webinar called “From Venture Capital to Private Equity: Franchise Investment Trends and Terms”. I was fortunate to have fantastic panelists: Satya...more

Jones Day

Fifth Circuit Rules That Corporate Charter Provision Requiring Shareholder Consent for Bankruptcy Filing Is Enforceable but...

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In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a bankruptcy court order dismissing a chapter 11 case filed by a corporation without obtaining—as required by its corporate...more

Baker Donelson

Avoiding Pitfalls for Private Equity Investors in Franchisors: Structure Counts

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Private equity-owned franchise systems are flourishing. Private equity firms are attracted to a franchisor's continuous royalty stream; an organizational structure where the franchisees' drive to succeed aligns substantially...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Distribution in China – Legal Issues

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to offer “Distribution in China – Legal Issues*,” a one-stop resource covering distribution in China, including: The business models and legal structures most commonly used for...more

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