Sotos LLP has not only successfully resolved client issues, but in many cases has set industry precedents.

Representative projects:

• Helped numerous successful restaurant concepts assemble professional management teams and develop the necessary strategies to grow into nationally-recognized franchise brands
• Settled Canada's first certified franchise class action
• Negotiated the purchase and sale of franchise systems
• Guided national franchisee associations during the bankruptcy of their franchisors and negotiated favourable franchise arrangements with new franchisors
• Represented Canadian franchisors in structuring area development and master licenses overseas
• Represented Canadian master franchisees in acquiring foreign franchise rights
• Negotiated on behalf of a franchisee association to create a comprehensive new relationship with a multi-billion dollar franchisor
• Negotiated the conversion of a corporate network into a franchise system
• Assisted troubled franchise chains in successfully restructuring leasing portfolios
• Obtained the first Canadian injunction stopping a large-scale royalty strike by franchisees of an international franchisor, ensuring the system’s continuing success
• Prepared Disclosure Documents and Statements of Material Change for many leading Canadian and international franchisors
• Provided expert evidence in court proceedings with respect to franchise matters
• Structured distributorship arrangements which avoid being qualified as a "franchise" under the Ontario franchise legislation
• Retained by the African Development Bank as part of a team to advise on franchising in Africa following extensive fieldwork
• Won a precedent-setting injunction against multi-billion dollar auto parts manufacturer preventing termination of 40 supply contracts before trial
• Assisted in the organization of a network of Centres of Excellence funded by the Federal Government to coordinate arthritis research
• Assisted a biotech company obtain special warrant funding and a listing on a Canadian Exchange
• Oversaw the successful litigation of a hotly contested, multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute