Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Technology, Commercial and Government Affairs

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Team Leader - Franchising

Tony Marks has experience in a broad range of transactional matters, initial formation and capitalization, licensing, venture capital financing, debt financing, intellectual property protection and licensing, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, and strategic transactions.  He regularly acts as outside general counsel for clients in connection with a broad range of day-to-day corporate and commercial transactions.

Mr. Marks also counsels clients in the spectrum of franchise and distribution law, including structuring new domestic and international franchise and licensing programs, franchise registration and disclosure matters, terminating and renewing franchise relationships, negotiating complex multi-unit transactions and transfers, and assessing the applicability of federal and state franchise and business opportunity laws. Mr. Marks is certified by the State Bar of California as a Franchise and Distribution Law Specialist. He is a former co-chair of the California Bar Association Franchise Law Committee.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS

• JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), Los Angeles Chapter, Board Member
• Best Lawyers In America - Franchise, 2013-2024
• Best Lawyers in America - Lawyer of the Year, Franchise (Los Angeles), 2021
• Who's Who Legal: Franchise, 2012-2020
• Named as a 2013-2020 Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics
• Named as a 2006-2011 Southern California "Rising Star" by Law & Politics
• Certified Franchise and Distribution Law Specialist, State Bar of California

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• State Bar of California – Commissioner Board of Legal Specialization, 2013-Present
• State Bar of California – Co-Chair, Franchise Law Committee of the Business Law Section, 2007-2008
• American Bar Association – Forum on Franchising