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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Richard L. Rosen, Leonard S. Salis and Dennison D. Marzocco Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC and its predecessors have been providing legal services in the franchise and real estate fields since 1970. The firm represents fran - chisors, franchisees and real estate entrepreneurs in all business and legal areas worldwide. Senior part -

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ner Richard L Rosen has over 40 years’ experience as a franchise lawyer, business attorney and real es - tate developer. Richard and Rosen Karol Salis PLLC have won dozens of franchise awards and authored many articles on franchising and real estate.

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Richard L. Rosen is the founding member of Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC, and has been actively engaged in franchise and real estate law for over 40 years. Mr Rosen was Chairman of the American Association of Fran -

transactions, corporate law, real estate and dispute resolution. Leonard has also co-authored several franchise and real estate-related articles. In 2022– 2024, Leonard was recognised with the award for Franchise Lawyer of the Year in the USA by ACQ5 Gamechangers TM Global Awards. In 2022, The Lawyer Network awarded Leonard with its Annual Awards Winner in three categories. Leonard also featured in Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers 2020– 2021.

chisees and Dealer’s Fair Franchising Standards Committee; received the AAFD’s Total Quality Franchising Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his contributions to the field of franchising, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Who’s Who in America in 2019; is a founding member and past Chairman of the Franchise Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association; and is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Franchise Mediation Program. Richard has frequently lectured on franchise and real estate topics before many groups and organisations, and is widely published.

Dennison D. Marzocco is a real estate and transactional associate at Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC, and is engaged in a wide range of business transactions. He specialises in all aspects of commercial real estate,

including complex leasing transactions, acquisitions and the sale of real property, real estate financing transactions, franchise matters, contracts and intellectual property matters. Dennison received his JD from Syracuse University and his BA from Washington and Lee University, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York and New Jersey, and is a New York State- licensed real estate broker.

Leonard S. Salis is a Brooklyn Law School graduate with over 28 years of

legal experience, and has been a partner in Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC since 2010. Leonard has become an experienced business lawyer with extensive knowledge of franchise law and franchise- related matters, as well as contracts, business

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