Robert Rose Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Negotiation, Operations Management and Strategic Business Growth
• Established in-house legal department; managed legal affairs, strategy and set budgets for operations across over 80 countries
• Managed contract actions and business transactions, including domestic and international franchise agreements and joint venture agreements
• Raised minimum required revenue from franchise network by over 15% through structuring strategic partnerships and renegotiating 110 franchise contracts, spanning over 80% of the worldwide franchise network within a.
• Established and managed a panel of corporate and franchisee leaders to determine annual amendments to franchise operations manual and to adjudicate franchisee disputes
• Negotiated agreements and established strategic partnerships to support corporate business development and sales activities

Westbury, New York, United States

• Solo legal practice that assisted clients in achieving business goals and offered legal guidance
• Acted as outside transactional counsel for major corporations; drafted and negotiated franchise agreements, leases, sales contracts and asset purchase agreements
• Assisted in the expansion of a medical practice by successfully negotiating office lease renewal in favor of the client
• Negotiated contracts for corporate clients, including flagship New York City lease for international restaurant brand
• Established legal framework to mitigate risk for real estate investment firm; formed a real estate trust and transferred assets into series of holding companies
• Negotiated production agreements with national television network for reality television program

Melville, NY

• Complied with domestic and international laws and regulations to draft franchise agreements, ensuring adherence to international requirements for franchise disclosure and registration and payments
• Prepared and drafted international franchise agreements and international franchise development agreements
• Coordinated discovery requests with outside defense counsel, and managed outside defense counsel
• Prepared vendor contracts and served as key point of contact on vendor contract matters; negotiated nationwide linen supply contract to consolidate store contracts with individual vendors, streamlining supply and.
• Created addendum to standardize auto-renewal notice terms and cap annual increases across all vendor agreements; facilitated company tracking of notice periods and increased cost certainty
• Prepared retail leases and negotiated lease amendments and franchise agreements under tight timelines; closed over 70 lease amendments within a 1-month period to assist a successful emergence from bankruptcy proceedings

Lexington Park, MD

• Consulted on and fulfilled all legal matters for start-up aviation services government contractor; prepared government contract proposals and ensured compliance with governmental licensure requirements

Atlanta, GA

• Represented large national retail tenants, landlords and commercial lenders in conjunction with construction and permanent loans and drafting and negotiating agreements and ancillary documents for commercial real.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Provided representation in the development of franchising systems, franchise disclosure documents, and preparation and negotiation of agreements, ensuring compliance with state laws and the Federal Trade Commission
• Provided corporate representation; drafted and negotiated asset purchase agreements and prepared schedules, due diligence review and ancillary documents attendant to corporate formation, disposition and dissolution

Orlando, Florida Area

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Robert W. Woodruff Fellow, Student Law Clerk to Chief Justice Robert Benham of Georgia Supreme Court, President.

B.A. English, English