Firm Information:

1201 New York Avenue, NW, Penthouse
Washington, DC 20005
Web Site: www.piperrudnick.com
Tel: (202) 712-7200
Fax: (202) 712-7222
Contact: Mr. Everett Pan
Email: everett.pan@piperrudnick.com

Attorney Information:

Tel: (202) 712-7250
Email: philip.zeidman@piperrudnick.com

Firm Profile: Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe has the largest franchise and distribution law practice in the world. In addition to experience with a full range of domestic franchising and distribution work, including structuring, compliance and relationship matters, the firm has had a pioneering role in international franchising and licensing. The firm’s litigation experience includes numerous proceedings in courts across the US and in alternative dispute resolution venues around the world. The firm also provides a full range of services to franchise and distribution clients in areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, real estate, technology, bankruptcy, labor, corporate finance, insurance, securities and tax matters.

Firm Background:

Serving the Franchising Community Since: 1968

% of Total Billable Hours Billed to Clients in the Franchising Industry: 95%

Major Franchising Clients in Past 3 Years: Our clients represent most of the 75 business sectors that have adopted franchising as a method of distribution. They represent entrepreneurs and start-up companies as well the largest franchisors and distributors in the world.

Attorney Profile: Philip Zeidman is General Counsel to the International Franchise Association, General Counsel to the American Business Conference, and counsel to a number of U.S. and foreign companies and trade associations. He has devoted particular attention to the rapidly growing field of international distribution, licensing and franchising. Mr. Zeidman has engaged in a transactional practice, testified on franchising before governmental bodies, participated in judicial and administrative proceedings and taught at universities and appeared before business and professional groups throughout the world. He has been retained to advise a number of international governmental organizations on the subject of franchising as a technique for international development, and for the privatization of state-owned enterprises.

Year Admitted to the Bar: 1958

Licensed to Practice in: Alabama, Florida, District of Columbia, New York.

Education/Honors: LL.B. Harvard University (1958); B.A. Yale University (1955), cum laude; Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: An International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers.

Professional Associations/Memberships: Bar Association of the District of Columbia, D.C. Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, President's Commission on Executive Exchange.

Publications: Mr. Zeidman is the editor of Legal Aspects of Selling and Buying and Franchising: Regulation of Buying and Selling a Franchise. He writes the International Dateline column in Franchise World, the International Perspective column in Franchise Times.

Provide Legal Services Internationally: Done international franchising work in more than 30 countries, including every major market in the world.

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