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Name of Service Provider	Mason Sier Turnbull
Industry / Service	Legal
Services provided	Franchisor start-up advice / structuring Drafting / reviewing franchise documents Franchise sales / changeovers
Service Provider's contact details	John Sier or Philip Colman john.sier@mst.com.au philip.colman@mst.com.au 315 Ferntree Gully Road Mount Waverley Vic 3149 T: +61 3 8540 0200 F: +61 3 8540 0202
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Service Provider's website address	www.mst.com.au

Melbourne-based Mason Sier Turnbull is one of Australia's leading franchising law firms.  Headed by Philip Colman and John Sier - and supported by a further 14 lawyers and 6 support staff - our franchise group advises franchisors, franchisees, suppliers to the franchising sector and prospective franchisors and franchisees on all aspects of franchising. We advise new and emerging franchise systems and a multitude of business entrepreneurs who have invested in franchised businesses.

Over the last 25 years, we have developed a strong and recognised presence in this sector and are currently acting for many well known and successful national and international retail and service-based franchisors.

Our lawyers regularly attend and present papers at National and State annual franchising conferences and have been attending international franchising conventions, particularly in the USA, since 1995. This latter involvement enables us to keep abreast of the latest global trends in franchising and led to John Sier being recognised in the 1997 and subsequent editions of the British publication An International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers after having been nominated by his peers.

Having developed solid relationships with reputable and professional franchise consulting and accounting firms, we can also confidently refer our clients to specialists who provide advice and services that are traditionally outside the ambit of those provided by law firms.

Our expertise:

• Franchise Code / Trade Practices compliance
• IP protection
• Master franchising
• Asset protection
• Franchisee acquisitions
• Supply agreements
• Joint ventures
• Importing exporting franchise systems
• IT agreements
• Employment related and franchisor / franchisee disputes