Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

FRANCHISE LAWYER OF THE YEAR AREAS 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 mediation (as a mediator) 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, 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 an attorney and as a business adviser. 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 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 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 thefieldof franchising. Hehas 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 Franchise 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, (and has recently been chosen to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award), Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s RICHARD L. ROSEN Founding Member of The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 www.finance-monthly.com 58 USA