Agreements and Issues Related to the Franchise Sales Process”

(Phoenix, AZ) – Gust Rosenfeld congratulates Christina M. Noyes, Chair of the Franchising Practice Group, and co-author of a chapter for Collateral Issues in Franchising: Beyond Registration and Disclosure, published by the American Bar Association in 2014. Christina, with co-author Marisa D. Faunce, authored the chapter Agreements and Issues Related to the Franchise Sales Process.

Christina, who is a member of the Executive Committee of Gust Rosenfeld, speaks frequently on franchising at seminars and conferences, and she is the author of numerous articles on this subject. In 2012, she authored the Arizona Chapter for an ABA publication, Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements.

Christina focuses her practice on advising corporate clients on corporate, franchise, and intellectual property law issues, including drafting business agreements; analyzing franchise and business opportunity laws; preparing and reviewing franchising agreements, disclosure documents, and registrations; as well as handling federal and state trademark registrations and renewals. She represents both franchisees and franchisors and has been listed in the Franchise Law category of The Best Lawyers in America© since 2009. Her practice also includes forming limited liability companies and corporations, as well as advising on general corporate matters.

Christina M. Noyes is a graduate of Miami University (B.A., cum laude, Accounting, 1990) and Arizona State University College of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1996, managing editor, Arizona State University Law Journal). She is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. In her time with the Forum on Franchising, she has served on the Women’s Caucus Steering Committee, the Technology Committee, and has chaired the community service event for the Women’s Caucus.

Gust Rosenfeld is a full-service law firm established in 1921 with offices in Phoenix, Tucson, and Wickenburg. The Firm is known for the quality of its lawyers and legal advice, as well as its creative insights and practical solutions in business, public and civil law. Gust Rosenfeld is experienced in alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, business and corporate law, commercial finance, education law, environmental law, franchises and franchising, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, natural resources, public finance, public law, real estate, taxation, trusts and estates