It goes without saying considering I am a franchise lawyer, but I agree completely with the Franchise King who offered his Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Franchise Attorney in a recent post.

In my experience a lot of prospective franchisees skimp on hiring a franchise lawyer to review their FDD and franchise agreement. Many of those people seem to have serious misunderstandings about their rights and exactly what the franchise agreement says. I’ll never understand how someone can invest their life savings in a business without legal advice. Interestingly, people tend to get legal advice when they buy independent businesses but the lure of franchising seems to gives prospects a comfort level that should not exist. Franchised businesses tend to fail at the same rate as independent businesses. Don’t buy a franchise without legal representation. It’s a big mistake!

Thanks to The Franchise King, Joel Libava, for the post.