For those companies, which are going to start franchising Internationally they will have to modify much of the way they currently do business because we franchisee and abroad they will be dealing with different laws, different forms of government, different religions and different cultures. It is much different than franchising in the United States of America where for the most part the laws or at least similar. The new franchise agreements and an international Master franchise agreement should be drawn up.

It is for this reason and with much trial and error that I came up with a new set of recitals for the beginning of our international franchise agreements in my company. Below is a copy of the recitals that I came up with. Each company will be different, but perhaps this might give you some insight into considerations of how you might deal with the situation;

International Master Franchise Agreements and Recitals

Recitals

A. Franchisor owns a major amount of proprietary know-how and trade secrets relating to the establishment, marketing, promotion and operation of businesses in the United States that provide washing and cleaning of automobiles, light trucks, etc. and related services (