Timothy Brinkley is a member of the firm's Business Law Practice Group. He focuses his practice on providing legal counsel to existing franchisor companies and companies that have an interest in franchising their business. He drafts and updates franchise disclosure documents and handles other aspects of federal and state regulatory compliance with respect to franchising. He negotiates and prepares complex franchise transactional documents, including master franchise agreements, area development agreements, asset purchase agreements for the refranchising of company stores or buy-back of franchised locations, assistance and workout agreements with struggling franchisees, and inter-creditor agreements with national and regional banks.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked in-house at Tim Hortons USA, Inc. and Burger King Corporation.