Franchise Law · Dallas · Nationwide Registration
Your first location proved the concept. Franchising proves the system — if the legal architecture holds. FDDs, registrations, and agreements engineered for unit three hundred, drafted before unit two.
Two Sides of the Table
We represent both sides (never in the same deal). That double vision is why our documents anticipate the disputes others litigate.
For founders ready to franchise
For franchisees, before signing
The Document
The Franchise Disclosure Document is the constitution of your system. A sampling of where deals are won and lost:
Understate costs and invite rescission claims; overstate and kill sales. We build ranges that survive both.
The single most litigated item. Exclusive, protected, or neither — defined in feet and maps, not adjectives.
Earnings claims done right sell franchises; done wrong they buy lawsuits. Substantiation files built alongside.
The exit rules both sides forget to read until they need them. We make them readable now.
Your system's report card, in tables. High churn shows here — and buyers' lawyers (like us) look first.
Audited financials phased in over three years for new franchisors — sequenced with your launch budget.
Deadline math: FDDs must be updated within 120 days of fiscal year-end — and registration states each add their own clock. Our clients never miss either; the calendar is part of the retainer.
Cast Results
The Foundry Crew
Between us: a former franchisee of three units, a franchisor GC, and a regulator. Every seat at the table, previously occupied.
Managing Partner · Franchisor Practice
Former general counsel of a 900-unit fast-casual brand. Priscilla has drafted or rebuilt 80+ FDDs and negotiated the vendor, tech, and marketing-fund architecture behind them.
J.D., SMU · IFA Legal/Legislative Committee · CFE
Partner · Franchisee & Disputes
Owned three sandwich franchises before law school — profitable, then painfully educated at renewal time. Marcus reviews FDDs the way he wishes someone had reviewed his.
J.D., Baylor · 600+ FDD reviews · AAA franchise arbitration panel
Partner · Registration & Compliance
Spent six years reviewing franchise filings for a state securities division. Dana writes applications for the examiner she used to be — which is why hers clear without comment letters.
J.D., UT Austin · Former state franchise examiner · NASAA project group alum
Unit Economics of Trust
"We went from two taco shops to a 40-unit system in three years. The Foundry's documents scaled with us — territory disputes: zero."
Founder · fast-casual franchisor"Their flat-fee FDD review flagged a development schedule I could never have hit. We renegotiated it before signing. That report paid for itself 100x."
Multi-unit franchisee · fitness brand"Registered in fourteen states, on time, every renewal, for six years. I've stopped checking. That's the review."
CFO · home-services franchisorPour the First Mold
Founders get a franchise-readiness audit; franchisees get a flat-fee FDD quote — both within one business day.