The panel will provide practical business and legal considerations for expanding into these markets via franchising, including: a brief synopsis of the franchise industry in each jurisdiction (hot industries, trends, challenges, hot topics), key legal/regulatory requirements (franchise disclosure, registrations, preparing franchise agreements, ancillary and other core legal and operating documents, compliance with local laws etc...) to establish, operate and grow a franchise business in each jurisdiction, and best practice tips to adopt and traps to avoid for successful market entry and expansion for franchising in Canada.