![]() Ana Haarsma Director, Haarsma Lawyers Haarsma is a franchise lawyer and a director at specialist franchise law firm Haarsma Lawyers. She specialises in franchise dispute resolution for both franchisors and franchisees and is an accredited mediator. She has also been involved in litigation at all levels of the Australian judicial system, including the High Court of Australia.
ANA HAARSMA | FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020 The Franchising Code of Conduct (Franchising Code) is set out in schedule 1 to the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes-Franchising) Regulation 2014. The Franchising Code includes an obligation that the franchisor and the franchisee act in good ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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CARMELO VIOLA
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
Viola Private Wealth executive chair, founding partner, and adviser Charlie Viola has worked hard to build his personal brand, and it shows. Viola's face is plastered across financial services media. This ubiquity, however, isn't without rhyme or reason. Andrew McKean writes.