It is common for business priorities to change and relationships to improve or sour over time. At some point you will want to end a distribution agreement, franchise or agency agreement. Ending a contract is not always that straightforward... The first step is to look at what the contract itself says - this is not always as simple as it may appear and legal help may be required to identify the correct steps to follow. However, this is not the end of the process. There are man

It is common for business priorities to change and relationships to improve or sour over time. At some point you will want to end a distribution agreement, franchise or agency agreement. Ending a contract is not always that straightforward... The first step is to look at what the contract itself says but this is not the end of the process. There are many terms which are implied by different countries in Europe. France has particularly complex provisions. The notice period tha

It is common to want to fix a price for goods. It provides you and your customers with certainty and means that you avoid disgruntled business partners who find out that one of their competitors got a better deal. There are two major issues to watch out for: Competition law Price fixing is a classic example of anti-competitive behaviour. The bigger your market share, the greater the impact that this price fixing will have on the market - and the more likely this your activiti