Srinivasan and Company’s Franchise practice is a national leader in franchise law, having helped to shape the field from its inception. Many of India’s largest and most innovative restaurant chains, hotels, retailers, and service providers rely on us to help them successfully establish franchise or related distribution systems and navigate their expansion into new markets.

We are one of the leading law firms for businesses seeking counsel on franchising matters. For companies that are expanding nationally we are the go-to firm, having represented clients in a plethora of franchise transactions. We have considerable experience in assisting established and emerging companies in a wide range of industries, from retail and fashion, food and beverage, and hospitality and leisure to high-technology, consumer, and professional services of all descriptions.

We represent clients across the entire spectrum of businesses that have adopted franchising as a means of distribution and cover a broad scope of size and experience, from entrepreneurs and startup companies that are establishing new programs to the largest franchisors, manufacturers and distributors. While the majority of our clients are franchisors, we also represent multiple-outlet franchisees, area developers, and master franchisees. We also handle franchising joint ventures and a wide variety of franchise-related real estate, technology, data privacy, environmental and other matters.