Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Franchise lawyer Maral Kilejian joins Haynes and Boone, (Aug 21, 2015)

Haynes and Boone has added franchise and distribution lawyer Maral M. Kilejian as counsel in its Richardson, Texas office. She was previously the managing shareholder of franchise services at Mullin Russ Kilejian PC.

Kilejian will focus her practice in the areas of franchising, trademarks, sweepstakes, promotions, and advertising law, according to a firm announcement. She provides initial and ongoing counsel and legal support to franchisors in the structuring and operation of domestic franchise programs and international expansion, including the drafting of franchise-related agreements and the handling of franchise compliance issues, franchise and business opportunity registrations and exemptions, and franchise relationships. Her services extend to crisis management, marketing materials, gift card programs, social media policies, and national and international sweepstakes and contests.

A graduate of Texas Tech University (B.A.), University of Houston Bauer School of Business (M.B.A.), and University of Houston Law Center (J.D.), Kilejian speaks fluent French and Armenian. She is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and a Topics and Articles Editor for the Franchise Law Journal. From 2013 to 2015, she served on the Steering Committee of the Forum’s Diversity Caucus and, in 2013, received the Forum’s Substantial Written Work Award. Kilejian is former chair, vice chair, and secretary of the Dallas Bar Association’s Franchise and Distribution Law Section.

Haynes and Boone LLP is an international law firm with more than 550 lawyers in offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Mexico City, New York, Orange County, Richardson, San Antonio, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C.

Attorneys: Maral M. Kilejian (Haynes and Boone LLP)

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