Gorodissky and Partners joined the Russian Franchise Association (RFA)
February 2016The RFA was created in 1997 to support business and protect the interests of its members as well as to create a more favorable legal and economic environment for the spread of franchising in Russia.
Gorodissky and Partners, being the largest IP firm in Russia and Central Europe, has been handling franchising projects for a number of years and may act as official/accredited legal adviser of the RFA from February 2016. The lawyers, attorneys and economists of the firm are ready to provide complete due diligence of intellectual property that is the subject of agreements on franchising, to structure relations between the parties, to consult on civil law and tax implications of various franchise relations, to prepare the relevant documents for the closing of transactions, as well as to register assignment of rights under the franchise in the transferred intellectual property in the appropriate patent offices.
Valery Medvedev, Managing Partner of the firm comments: “Franchising in Russia is developing steadily; more and more companies are choosing this model of development and enlarging their business, which combines efficiency and flexibility. The lawyers of "Gorodissky and Partners" have extensive experience in franchise transaction support from both the franchisors and the franchisees. We always take into account industry-specific aspects of business being developed under the franchise, which gives us the ability to offer customers tailor-made and commercially reasonable solutions".
