Louise Wolf
BA (Hons), LLB

Email:	louise.wolf@mst.com.au
Direct Line:	+61 3 8540 0273
Mobile:	0408 317 751
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Assistant:	Leah Gaylard

Louise is an Associate.  She acts for franchisors and franchisees and advises suppliers to the franchise sector throughout Australia.  Louise's experience includes:

• strategic advice in structuring and establishment of franchise systems
• drafting franchise agreements, disclosure documents and all other necessary documents required to establish franchise systems
• drafting documents to guide franchisors as they recruit franchisees and ensure they meet their legal requirements
• drafting and negotiating area development agreements
• advising franchisors and drafting documents to convert corporate stores to franchisee owned businesses
• pre-purchase review and strategic advice for prospective franchisees regarding franchise documents, including franchise agreements, disclosure documents, leases and licences
• advising new franchisees and other business owners in relation to corporate structuring for asset protection prior to purchase of businesses
• drafting and negotiating purchase of business contracts for prospective franchise and other business owners

Louise also has experience in:

• management buyout and sale of multi-million dollar organisations
• review, advice and negotiation of leases
• intellectual property and intellectual property registration and licensing, including trademarks and designs
• applications for temporary and permanent employment visas and company sponsorship, general skilled migration, spouse, defacto spouse and interdependency visa applications
• corporate restructuring, with a particular focus on financing and refinancing and shareholder and unitholder matters

In addition to her Bachelor of Laws, Louise completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) majoring in Japanese language at Monash University.

She is fluent in Japanese.

Louise's key areas are:

Franchising
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Advisory
Distribution & Licensing
Real Estate