Wayne P. Bunch
Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP
- Role
- Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Wayne P. Bunch
As a partner in the Franchise Practice Group of Pierson Ferdinand LLP, I represent…
Experience
Partner
Jan 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Wayne P. Bunch, Jr. is a partner in the Pierson Ferdinand franchise practice group, based in Houston, Texas. From 1997 to early 2005, Wayne held the positions of General Counsel and CEO for Crescent City Beignets, Inc. He was instrumental in establishing Crescent City as a national franchise company with locations from Georgia to California. Under his tenure, the franchise company was included in Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the top 500 franchises in the US and in 2004 was named one of the year’s “Hot Concepts” by Nation’s Restaurant News.As General Counsel and CEO for Crescent City, Wayne was responsible for establishing the legal and business infrastructures necessary for aggressive franchise growth. Utilizing the franchise model, Wayne expanded Crescent City to a system which included nearly 40 franchisees with over 100 units in development.After successfully negotiating and concluding the sale of Crescent City to its most successful franchisee, Wayne began the development of a franchise practice focused on providing experienced counsel to start-up, emerging and mature franchisors as these clients expand their systems through the granting of franchises on a regional, national and international level.Wayne has structured, documented and helped launch a multitude of franchise programs across a variety industries – among them restaurants, real estate companies, insurance companies, video game stores, pet care service companies, durable medical equipment sales, optometry clinics, furniture stores, haircut salons, billiard halls, recruitment firms, automobile repair companies, tax services companies and educational art companies.Through this experience, Wayne approaches legal issues with a complete understanding of the underlying business concerns at hand. It is this multi-layered experience that enables him to provide comprehensive franchise legal counsel.
Education
LSU Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law
1986 — 1989
University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law
LLM, Transnational Business Practices
1990 — 1991
University of Stockholm, Sweden - Faculty of Law
Certificate of Study of European Union Law
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
1980 — 1984
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Recruiting
- Management
- Corporate Law
- Start-Ups
- Trade Secrets
- Entrepreneurship
- Legal Research
- Sales
- Negotiation
- Commercial Litigation
- Franchising
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Retail
- Contract Negotiation
- Legal Advice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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