Food and beverage
“Their high level, client friendly and cost effective
expertise is second to none”.
Robin Rowland, M.D at YO!
Sushi
International Expansion
Franchising is an increasingly important growth vehicle used by
F&B operators, particularly those looking to expand into new
overseas markets. Working closely with our clients’
commercial teams we review the advantages and disadvantages of
different strategic options before preparing model structures and
later handling the roll out.
Brand Portfolio Management
We operate one stop global brand protection programmes for a
wide range of food and beverage businesses. Ensuring the key
brand elements are correctly represented, translated and protected
is crucial to the success for F&B operators.
International Promotions & Marketing
Co-ordinating the local, regional and international
multi-channel marketing and promotion campaigns requires a broad
knowledge of many different markets. We advise many food and
beverage businesses on the implementation of their international
advertising and marketing campaigns guiding them through regulatory
and other restrictions to ensure maximum impact. Our advice
in this area also covers food labelling and related regulatory
issues.
Food and beverage acquisitions
The acquisition of F&B businesses and prime locations in
other markets presents many challenges. Our years of
experience enable our clients to deal with these challenges giving
them a real competitive advantage, saving them time, frustration
and money.
International HR issues
Employing and retaining key employees is vital for all food and
beverage operators. We advise a wide range of food and
beverage operators on all aspects of their HR issues including
pensions, employee share schemes, discriminatory practices,
consultancies, cross border secondments, restructuring,
redundancies and unfair dismissal claims.
Real Estate
We act for many leading food and beverage businesses with a
focus on the ability to open swiftly, trade without hindrance and
dispose or restructure without excessive landlord control. We
handle developments, acquisitions, disposals, the roll out of
retail and branded concepts, concessions and rent reviews.
We advise on the ongoing health and safety, estate management
and commercial matters, which are vital in order to maintain the
commercial effectiveness of the F&B business run from our
clients’ properties, including the Disability Discrimination Act,
Asbestos Regulations and environmental health issues.
Dispute Management
Working closely with clients, we are able to successfully reduce
the number of disputes that arise and effectively manage those that
do in a proactive and commercially appropriate manner.
Disputes are usually a symptom of more fundamental
problems. Our holistic approach means that when disputes arise
they present an opportunity to improve some of the fundamentals of
the food and beverage business.