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Acquiring a Franchise - Evaluating Legal and Strategic Risk

Acquiring a franchise has the advantage of acquiring a ready made business with access to resources and support.  However, there are legal and commercial risks that need to be carefully considered when advising clients who are looking to acquire a franchise.  In this program, Alic

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Acquiring a franchise has the advantage of acquiring a ready made business with access to resources and support.  However, there are legal and commercial risks that need to be carefully considered when advising clients who are looking to acquire a franchise.  In this program, Alicia Hill from Sladen Legal in Melbourne, provides a guide, illustrated with case studies, of those legal risks, as well as the need to consider the dispute resolution processes applying under the franchise agreement, what happens when franchisor becomes insolvent, and the scope of protection and remedies provided by the Franchising Code of Conduct.

Presented By

Alicia Hill
Principal, Sladen Legal Melbourne, Vic.

Alicia Hill, Principal, Sladen Legal

Alicia heads Sladen Legal’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation team. She is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with the Law Institute, a Nationally Accredited Mediator and a graded Arbitrator working to use the correct dispute resolution process to resolve commercial disputes for clients.

Alicia provides advice and details of the options available to clients in respect of their disputes and then works collaboratively with them to achieve a resolution of the matter in a cost effective and efficient manner. She has appeared in the Federal Court and State Courts and Tribunals in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland.

Alicia’s principle areas of practice include:

  • Corporations law disputes and regulatory investigations
  • Insolvency and restructuring
  • Competition and consumer law disputes including franchising and regulatory actions
  • Property, Owners Corporation and Tenancy disputes
  • Contract, equitable and trust disputes

Professional associations:

  • Law Institute of Victoria’s Accredited Specialists Board
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Consultative Committee for Small Business and Franchising since 2016
  • Franchise Council of Australia’s Vic-Tas Committee since 2021
  • ARITA
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Listed in Best Lawyers Australia since 2016 for Commercial Litigation
  • Listed in Who’s Who Legal – Australia and New Zealand for Franchising since 2020.

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