INTRODUCTION Contributed by: Babette Märzheuser-Wood, Dentons Dentons is a multinational law firm operating in more than 80 countries with more than 160 offices world - wide. The firm provides a wide range of legal services. Its franchise group, founded by Babette Märzheuser- Wood, has extensive experience in all aspects of franchising and related distribution models across industry sectors including restaurant, fitness, retail,
services, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare, edu - cation and automotive. Dentons provides high-level strategic advice to both new franchisors and existing franchise clients, drawing on its experience of work - ing with more than 100 different franchise systems in over 50 countries and its extensive international net - work of franchising experts worldwide. countries. She lectures regularly on franchise law and advised the Russian government on using franchising to kick-start small businesses. Babette advises on master franchise and area development, agreements, unit franchising, franchise disclosure and registration, franchise disputes, taxes, dispute resolution, customer data management and loyalty schemes, anti-trust and competition, law compliance, regulatory compliance and litigation.
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Babette Märzheuser-Wood is the founding partner of the Dentons global franchise group. Ranked in Band 1 for Franchising by Chambers Global and Chambers UK, she has 30 years of franchise industry experience, helping clients expand their franchise businesses in Europe and around the world. Multilingual and qualified in Germany and England, she has transactional experience in over 100
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