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We are a preeminent franchising legal practice with lawyers who are recognized as being superior in industry and regulatory knowledge. With unrivaled experience handling major franchise transactions and market-leading disputes experience, our franchising lawyers have an extensive client base of more than 200 franchise systems.

Our franchising lawyers advise domestic and multi-national corporates on the full spectrum of franchising legal matters including regulatory, strategy and government policy, contractual issues, M&A transactions, trademarks and brands, including portfolio management and enforcement, competition and consumer law, dispute resolution and litigation and other general commercial issues.

With comprehensive industry knowledge, our lawyers act for brands who seek an international perspective that our global footprint can provide, blending strategy and sector knowledge with legal input. Our clients’ industries span the entire retail and consumer product sector, from food and agribusiness to health and beauty, and from electronics and telecommunications to automotive and transport.

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At ANZ, we’re dedicated to shaping a world where people and communities thrive. We bring this purpose to life through our strategy, helping customers start, buy, and sustainably grow their business. With the largest network of franchisors in Australia, we offer invaluable insights and opportunities to entrepreneurs.

Understanding the unique needs of businesses, we provide dedicated local banker support along with a streamlined assessment process. Whether you’re a new or existing customer, our expertise in the franchising sector allows us to tailor solutions to support your business throughout its lifecycle.

We take a comprehensive approach to evaluate cash flow, assess borrowing capacity, and unlock value to help you achieve your goals sooner. We collaborate closely with customers to ensure that their success becomes our shared achievement.

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CFI Finance is a non-bank commercial lender funding small business in Australia and New Zealand.

At CFI we’ve helped thousands of customers to start, acquire, and grow their franchise businesses. As an independent finance company we have the flexibility to learn more about our customers and to say yes more often.

Through our competitive range of loan, lease and working capital products we help franchisees to fund new store fitouts, store refurbishments, business acquisitions, equipment purchases, motor vehicles, and more.

Our advanced accreditation model allows us to work closely with a broad range of franchise networks to provide existing and new franchisees with streamlined access to the funding they need, whether they’re expanding to multi-site ownership or just starting out.

If you’d like to find out how CFI Finance can help make your business goals reality, contact us now on 1300 659 676, and talk to a CFI Franchise Lending Specialist – we have team members dedicated to supporting and growing franchise networks ready to assist you.