Franchise Agreement Review
Expert franchise agreement and disclosure review
A fixed-scope review of the franchise agreement, the disclosure document and the Key Facts Sheet, with a written risk memo at the end of it. Defined scope, defined turnaround, fee agreed before we start.
Since 2013 · Minerva Law
2,880
Franchise agreements reviewed
584
Lease matters negotiated
174
Trust deeds & structuring
162
Disputes resolved at mediation
What you get
Inside the review
The risk memo
Every material risk in the agreement, ranked by what it actually costs you commercially, not an undifferentiated list of 40 clauses.
The amendments worth asking for
Which clauses franchisors routinely move on, and which they cannot move on because the whole network shares them.
Territory and financial claims
What your territory actually protects, and whether the financial information in the disclosure document supports the projection you were given.
Guarantees and lease exposure
The personal guarantee and the lease read together, because that combination is usually the real commitment.
Code compliance check
Whether the disclosure you received was given in the form and the timing the Franchising Code requires.
A conversation
A call to talk it through. A memo you cannot ask questions about is half a service.
How it runs
Three steps
01
Send the documents
Franchise agreement, disclosure document, Key Facts Sheet, the lease if there is one, and your deadline.
02
Scope and fee confirmed
In writing, before any work starts.
03
Memo, then a call
The written risk memo, then a conversation about what to push on.
Client feedback
Voices of excellence
Live rating and reviews from the firm’s Google Business Profile , not testimonials we wrote for ourselves.
Common questions
Review questions, answered
How long does a review take?
The turnaround is confirmed with the fee before we start, and it is set around your signing deadline. Tell us the deadline when you send the documents.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee on a defined scope, quoted before work begins. It depends on the document set , a single-site agreement with no lease is a different job from a multi-site agreement with a head lease and a guarantee.
Do you negotiate on my behalf, or just advise?
Either. The review is advice. If you want us to take the amendments to the franchisor, that is a separate scope and a separate fee, quoted once you have read the memo.
What if the review says do not sign?
Then it says that. The point of the exercise is to find out before you are committed, and a review that only ever confirms the deal would not be worth commissioning.
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Next step
Have the documents and a deadline?
Send them over. You will have the scope, the fee and the turnaround before you commit to anything.