For many businesses around the world, franchising is the most efficient and profitable path to international growth. Whether you are a start-up company or a mature establishment, Dentons understands the franchise industry and its diverse legal needs. As you establish and expand your business internationally, leverage Dentons' international expertise in all aspects of franchising.

Our specialist UK franchising team has extensive experience in all aspects of franchising and related distribution models across a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including restaurant, fitness, retail, services, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare, education and technology, and automotive. Dentons clients enjoy access to our extensive international network of franchising experts, across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, which allows our teams to offer seamless round-the-world services.

Recognition

Global franchising partners contribute to award-winning book

January 15, 2016

Dentons' global franchising team have contributed to 'The Franchise Book' (Aranzadi /Thomson Reuters), a newly published book providing a multidisciplinary study of franchising as a business model of the century, while offering the reader an account of the experiences of some of the most important franchises.

Dentons sponsored the BRC’s third annual International Retailing conference

June 18, 2015

On 11 June 2015, Dentons sponsored the BRC’s third annual International Retailing conference. The conference was designed to provide discussions around both the opportunities and complexities of Internationalisation and key insights into potential growth markets, local economies and strategies for operating UK retailers’ business internationally.

Insights

Supply chain vulnerabilities: the importance of contingency planning

May 15, 2025

United Kingdom: Supply chains are facing a period of significant economic stress. Businesses are continuing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and recent events including the conflict in Ukraine and shortages of vital raw materials have adversely affected a wide range of entities in supply chains across the globe. 

Joint venture franchising

May 20, 2024

United Kingdom: Joint ventures have long been a popular strategy for franchise expansion in certain markets. This strategy is used across all sectors, with the equal sharing of risk and reward between franchisor and franchisee and the joint decision-making process being the main difference to a vanilla franchise.

Building trust and sustainable relationships: does your franchise agreement impose a duty of good faith?

January 5, 2024

United Kingdom: The duty of good faith can play a crucial role in shaping the relationship between franchisors and franchisees. We explore the duty of good faith in franchising agreements under English law, its significance and its impact on fostering trust and sustainable relationships.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises on franchise agreement to launch Crunch Fitness's CR7 clubs in Spain and Portugal

April 13, 2017

Dentons is pleased to have advised Global Fitness as the master franchisee on the negotiation of the franchise agreement for Spain and Portugal to launch the CR7 Crunch Fitness franchise. CR7 Crunch Fitness is a new fitness collaboration between Crunch, the US-based health club chain, and international football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Dentons sponsored the Education Investment MENA conference

December 17, 2015

On 15-18 November 2015, Dentons were a Summit Day sponsor at the Education Investment MENA conference in Dubai – an event which connects the global community involved in expanding, financing and regulating private education businesses in emerging markets. The forum explores opportunities for education businesses to expand across the Middle East, North Africa and wider emerging markets and attracts leading Ministries, Regulators, Educators, Investors and Advisers.

GRIF Announces Dentons partner as judge at the Global Restaurant Awards in partnership with Travel Weekly Group

December 17, 2015

The Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF), the world’s leading event for the restaurant investment community, recently announced the inaugural Global Restaurant Awards, which is an endeavour to recognise the businesses that form the backbone of the world’s leading restaurants and restaurant brands, and will be hosted at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai.

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