John M. Cross, Jr.

John Cross is a corporate attorney and business adviser, often serving as the outside general counsel for companies not large enough to have an in-house legal department. He assists clients in general business and transactional matters, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, securities, franchises, and real estate.

John works with individuals and businesses on various corporate and transactional matters, including formation, organization and choice of entities, shareholder agreements, LLC agreements, non-competes, employment agreements, investor rights agreements, securities, loan and finance matters, secured transactions, compliance policies, sales, service and general contract matters. He also negotiates real estate acquisitions, finance and lease transactions.

John also represents businesses in mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganization efforts. He also assists private equity investors with their investments to existing and startup companies.

He represents both franchisors and franchisees in negotiating the terms of the franchise relationship and franchise compliance matters. He has assisted franchisors with developing franchise disclosure documents (FDDs), franchise agreements, regional developer agreements, non-competition agreements, and other additional required agreements. When working with franchisees, he assists in reviewing and providing advice regarding the FDDs and other franchise documents and assisting franchisees as they negotiate agreements and address other general corporate matters.