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Mark Abell

Franchiseek United Kingdom

Field Fisher Waterhouse joins the Franchiseek Global Alliance Network

London, UK - Europe's leading Franchise Law firm, Field Fisher Waterhouse has joined the Franchiseek Global Alliance Network, a division of international franchising recruitment website www.franchiseek.com

Field Fisher Waterhouse is a member of the European Legal Alliance, which brings together seven commercial law firms under a single brand. They have offices in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Spain with a team of 166 partners and a total of over 590 lawyers providing expertise in all key business practice areas.

Partner and Head of Franchise, Mark Abell said "We advise a wide range of household name franchises on their international expansion. In the last year alone we have taken high-profile companies, such as Minuteman Press, Sign-A-Rama, Regus, National Car Rental, Arcadia, Laura Ashley, Curves and MRI, into 35 different countries. We are happy to be associated with Franchiseek and assist its clients with their international expansion plans."

Mark Abell was named in the Chambers legal directory as "the guru of franchising", and rated as the UK's number one franchise lawyer by Chambers guide to the legal profession.

Widely acknowledged as one of the UK's leading franchising experts, Abell is the author of six franchising textbooks including The International Franchise Option, European Franchising - Law and Practice in the European Community and Butterworth's Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Franchising Volume (the legal profession's standard text on franchising).

Abell is an expert adviser on franchising to the World Intellectual Property Organisation and the World Trade Organisation and is a member of the British Franchise Association's Legal Committee, the International Franchise Association and former Vice President of the International Lawyers Association's Franchise Commission. He is rated as one of the world's leading experts on franchising by "Who's Who in Franchising" 2003 Edition.