Thought Leaders - Franchising

Lexology Index Thought Leaders: Franchising brings together the insight, expertise and wisdom of some of the world’s foremost franchising practitioners in a single report.

Lexology Index Thought Leaders: Franchising features Q&As with practitioners with hundreds of years of combined experience between them. The featured individuals obtained the largest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources in our most recent research cycle.

Through interviews with the practitioners themselves, Thought Leaders: Franchising aims to shine a light on what puts these practitioners at the pinnacle of their area of law. They are worthy of special mention owing not only to their vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters, but also their ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.

• More than 7,000 data points analysed
• 130+ research submissions from leading law firms worldwide
• 60+ telephone interviews conducted with leading practitioners
• In person interviews conducted in London, New York and Hong Kong
• Only 55% of nominees considered in our research were ultimately selected for inclusion

Research methodology

The Lexology Index research process starts with qualitative analysis; we gather first-hand experience of working with nominees in the industry or practice area, and ground it with continuous quantitative analysis of a range of relevant data points to ensure a rigorous evaluation framework, consistently applied.

We canvas recommendations and feedback from corporate counsel or other clients who have worked closely with the nominees, as well as from eminent private practitioners. But we know opinions are subjective: we also build and exploit datasets to corroborate and challenge market feedback and ensure our recommendations are rooted in and supported by detailed data.

Our research team, building on 25 years of market experience, brings those data points together to create a market assessment which companies and referring law firms use daily to select the right external counsel or expert for the matter in hand.

Read more about our research methodology here.

Leading firms

Lexology Index does not rank firms or sets, only individual practitioners. The chart below shows the firms and sets home to the most listed practitioners in this year’s guide.