Anna Trist is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer. Her particular focus is on
franchising and licensing arrangements, disputes, and compliance. Anna's clients
include numerous well-known Australian and international companies. She assists them
with sensible legal and commercial solutions to franchising issues and general
commercial advice. She has worked closely with franchisors, master franchisees and
franchisees of almost 250 different franchising systems across a broad spectrum of
industries.
Anna has an in-depth understanding of Australian franchising regulation and
compliance. Her franchising experiences ranges from documenting new franchise
systems and converting existing businesses to franchisees, assisting existing
franchise systems with their commercial issues and assisting franchising parties to
resolve disputes through negotiation and mediation. Anna's experience in the
different levels of franchising has enabled her to understand it from the point of
view of all parties and to provide sensible and practical commercial advice.
Anna collaborates with her clients to provide strategic commercial advice that
assists her client's with sensible commercial solutions to their legal and
business problems. Her breadth of experience across franchising issues at all levels
and numerous industries has provided her with a unique set of skills and invaluable
insight into commercial issues within the franchising sector, and the practical
application of the legal advice she provides to her clients.
She has often presented on legal issues in franchising and general business
transactions and has written numerous articles on the topic. Anna is a regular
attendee at both the Franchise Council of Australia and other franchising industry
events.
