Shelley
Nadler has over 17 years experience in advising on all aspects of
franchising. Her expertise lies in
negotiating international and national franchise agreements for
retailers, pubs and restaurants and in the service industries. She
has advised major high street retailers and restaurant operators on
franchising internationally in the Middle East, Hong Kong, India,
Japan and Europe. Shelley has acted on behalf of a number of UK
based master franchisees and developers taking franchises from
North American franchisors.
She has prepared franchise agreements for a
large number of UK based franchisors from small start ups to major
national companies and provided ongoing advice and assistance to
them on the recruitment of franchisees, the operation of franchise
systems and dispute management. Shelley spent several months on
secondment to a major print shop franchisor reviewing internal
procedures and documentation. She has also been seconded to the
character licensing division of Warner Bros.
Shelley has lectured at a UN WIPO conference
on licensing in Belarus and has spoken in China on how to establish
a business in the UK. She is a regular speaker at BFA and other
seminars.
She has written many articles for the
franchise trade press and has co-written the UK section of the
Encyclopaedia of Franchising (published by Kluwer) with
Martin Mendelsohn. Shelley is recognised in the Chambers 2010
directory, she “takes the time to understand a client’s business
and delivers quality advice' Shelley is also quoted in
the Legal Business Guide to Legal Experts 2008 as an
expert in franchising law.