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Why Private Equity May Be the Preferred Vehicle for Franchise Expansion
Why is private equity funding the hottest thing in franchising today? In the past 12 months, private equity buyouts have included well-known brands such as Cinnabon, Church's Chicken, Taco Bueno (a regional taco maker), and regional frozen dessert operator Rita's Italian Ice.
In the last quarter of 2005, two huge transactions occupied the financial stories about franchising. First, Dunkin' Brands Inc., the umbrella company for the Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins and Togo's brands, was spun off by Pernod Richard, the French wine and spirits manufacturer, to raise money for its recent acquisition of British distiller Allied Domecq PLC. Dunkin' Brands was purchased for more than $2.4 billion by a consortium of equity firms Bain Capital Partners, the Carlyle Group, and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Second, Quiznos, the fastest-growing sandwich restaurant chain in the United States, hired Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to find a buyer for the chain.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.