Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

FRANCHISE LAWYER OF THE YEAR www.richardrosenlaw.com Firm Profile The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC and its predecessors have been providing high quality legal services in the franchise field for over 40 years from their offices located in New York City. Our firm has represented franchisees, franchisors and franchisee organizations in virtually all areas of franchise law, from setting up franchising systems and programs, forming all entities, drafting (and negotiating on all sides) franchise, master franchise and multi-unit development agreements, disclosure and other ancillary documents, to mediating, arbitrating and litigating in both state and federal courts, as well as negotiating leases, agreements for the sale or acquisition of franchise related real estate and financing documents applicable to franchise transactions. Our firm has represented franchisors and franchisees in virtually all fields, which include restaurants, real estate, health care, fast food, gym and fitness centers, energy, hospitality, education, health and beauty, telecommunications, senior care, courier services, children’s entertainment, brokerage, gas service stations, optical, hotel, recreation, home improvement and apparel. The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC is highest rated by Martindale Hubbell, listed by U.S. News and World Report as being among the best franchise law firms in the United States and considered to be amongst the highest rated franchise law firms in the U.S., generally. Area of Expertise All areas of Franchise Law including the setting up and implementation of franchise systems, the formation of franchisor and franchisee entities, the drafting and negotiating of all franchise related documents (including the FDD), the registration of franchising entities in applicable states throughout the U.S., counseling franchisors and franchisees with respect to Multi-Unit Development Agreements, Master Franchise Agreements and Area Development Agreements, representing franchisee associations as well as individual franchisees, negotiating the purchase and sale of single and multi-unit franchises, the meditation (as a meditator) of franchise disputes, all aspects of arbitration and litigation in both state and federal courts, all aspects of real estate leasing, construction, purchase and sale transactions, as related to franchising or otherwise, the preparation of documents and the negotiations of financing transactions applicable to franchising, generally. About Richard L. Rosen Richard L. Rosen is the founding member of The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC, whose offices are located at 110 East 59th Street, New York, New York 10022. Mr. Rosen has been actively engaged in the practice of franchise law for over 40 years, during which time he has represented many franchisors and franchisees both as counsel and as a business advisor. Mr. Rosen has counseled and represented franchisors in the setting up of franchising systems and programs, has formed franchising entities, drafted and negotiated franchise agreements, registration statements, disclosure documents and other ancillary franchise documents. He has represented franchisees and franchisee associations and has litigated in both state and federal courts (and is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals), and has arbitrated and mediated matters on behalf of both franchisors and franchisees. Mr. Rosen is the immediate past Chairman of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealer’s Fair Franchising Standards Committee, having served in that position for nine years, and a member of the AAFD’s Board of Directors. He is also a past Chairman of the Legal Steering Committee and the Chairman of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the AAFD. In 2008 he received the AAFD’s Total Quality Franchising Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of franchising. He has been a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on Franchising and its Anti-Trust Section since 1968, a founding member and immediate past Chairman of the Franchise, Distribution and Licensing Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (and the Chairman of its Franchisee Relations and its Mission Statement Committees), is a Panel Member of the Committees on Franchising and Corporate Law sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the International Franchise Association (IFA). Mr. Rosen is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Franchise Mediation Program; a member of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution’s Distinguished Panel of Neutrals in conjunction with the National Franchise Mediation Program and has served as an arbitrator and mediator of franchise cases. Richard Rosen and the firm have earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and integrity and Richard is rated amongst Martindale Hubbell’s List of Preeminent Attorneys. Richard is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the World, Best Lawyers in America, “101 Best Franchise Lawyers in America” (the Franchise Times), a charter member of the Franchise Times “Hall of Fame” of Franchise Attorneys, Best Lawyers in the US., America’s Super Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal: Franchise and International Who’s Who Legal (Compendium Edition), the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and a recipient of the Global Award for Franchise Law. Richard Rosen was named Franchise Attorney of the Year for the US by Lawyer Monthly in 2016 and Franchise Attorney of the Year for the US in 2017 by Global 100. He has frequently lectured on a variety of franchise topics before various groups and organizations, including the American Bar Association, the International Franchise Association, the New York State Bar Association, and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The Nassau County Bar Association and the AAFD and has been interviewed on both television and radio, the American Bar Association Journal, the Franchise Times and Forbes Magazine, regarding franchising. Mr. Rosen is a contributor to “Franchising 101, The Complete Guide to Evaluating, Buying and Growing Your Franchise Business” compiled by the Association of Small Business Development Centers and has written various articles on the legal and business aspects of franchising. Mr. Rosen and his firm are the authors of the section on Franchise Law in the United States which appears in the Third Edition and in the Fourth Edition of the (International) Franchise Law Review as well as the review of franchise law in the U.S. which appears in the 2017 and 2018 Edition of the International Comparative Guide to Franchise Law. Richard L. Rosen and his firm are engaged in a general, commercial practice which includes active involvement in the fields of franchising, corporate, real estate and trust and estates law. Mr. Rosen has been a real estate developer for many years and has represented many commercial clients in their real estate development, acquisition and leasing endeavors. The firm also maintains an active state and federal court litigation practice and is engaging in other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including arbitration and mediation. Mr. Rosen is married to Doris and the father of three children, Max, and twins Mollie and Hannah, whom he has coached in soccer, basketball, baseball, football and track. Richard served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Jericho Athletic Association which provides athletic programs for school children residing in the Jericho Community. He still coaches a “kids” track team, the Jericho Jets, and competed for many years in Masters Track as a sprinter. Many of Richard’s athletes have been division and county champions and have competed at the State and National championship level. RICHARD L. ROSEN Founding Member of The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 72 USA