Tony Wilson*

Tony Wilson regularly practices in the areas of
franchising,  licensing and IP law and is ranked as a leading Canadian Franchise lawyer by LEXPERT and Who’s Who Legal. He acts for national and international Franchisors and prepares Franchise Agreements, Franchise Disclosure Documents and related documentation to enable businesses to franchise in Canada. He also assists Franchisees, Master Franchisees and distributors with negotiating their
agreements, and maintains one of the largest hotel, restaurant and hospitality industry practices in Western Canada.

Tony Wilson is the author of the best-selling book Buying a Franchise in Canada: Understanding and Negotiating your Franchise Agreement, the only comprehensive legal guide for persons seeking to buy franchised businesses in Canada. He is also the author of Manage Your Online Reputation, a book written to guide individuals and businesses on how to monitor and protect their personal and corporate reputations on social media.

He is a regular business columnist for the Globe and Mail and Lawyers Weekly. His articles have appeared in Macleans Magazine, BC Restaurant News, Franchise Entrepreneur, TEACHER,  World Trademark Review and other publications. He also writes widely read regular humour columns for Bartalk  and Canadian Lawyer magazines.

In addition to his franchise practise, Tony Wilson advises clients on intellectual property matters such as software and technology licensing and on all aspects of trade mark, copyright, trade secrets, confidentiality, privacy law and on-line reputation management law.
 
He is an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University.