The Monitor’s focus on real estate this month gives me the opportunity to discuss two tax items: allocation of purchase price and like-kind exchanges. These are sometimes overlooked in real estate transactions even though…
When you review the Top 200 list [Restaurant Finance Monitor‘s annual list of 200 top franchisees], you realize the big influence franchisees have on their franchise systems. Nonetheless, there’s always some tension between franchisor…
Recently I spoke at a conference to lawyers on the current status of community banking, and it got me thinking about how much things have changed on that front for the restaurant industry. The…
Much has been written about the pressure on restaurants to contain its labor costs so as to counter the potential impact of the Affordable Health Care Act and the increase in minimum wages in…
In an article “M&A Pros Tell How to Close a Deal,” the January issue of Franchise Times reports on the M&A-centered panel discussions held at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference in November 2014….
Monroe Moxness Berg attorneys are among the speakers at the 25th annual Restaurant Finance & Development Conference in Las Vegas on November 10-12. The conference is the industry’s “must attend” event for growth-minded restaurant…