Eli Bensignor

Eli Bensignor dedicates his practice to franchise, distribution, and licensing matters. He counsels emerging and seasoned franchisors across the U.S. on day-to-day matters, including analyzing and drafting agreements and commercial contracts, filing registrations, and advising on regulatory compliance, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Eli has experience with commercial litigation matters, protecting his clients' rights by enforcing franchise agreements and related contracts.

At the core of Eli’s practice is his passion to assist his clients in legal decision-making processes, with real world considerations, that will help flourish their businesses. He enjoys strategically advising his clients on other potential avenues they can consider in order to achieve best case scenario outcomes. His clients span a variety of industries, including, restaurants and food services, home services, residential and commercial restoration, child care services, janitorial and cleaning, cosmetic and medspa, and many other common and niche industries.

Beyond serving his clients, Eli loves to cook and, not being a Minnesota native, he enjoys exploring the many different lakes in and around Minneapolis with his wife and dog. Since 2018, Eli volunteers for a national, nonpartisan coalition known as Election Protection, in which his role entails helping people on the day of an election to try and figure out their voter ID and restriction laws to vote.

• Moderator, Expanding into the U.S., IFA 2022 Convention, February 27, 2022
• Facilitator, Roundtables: From Brick & Mortar to Virtual, H.E.A.T. Franchise Summit, August 25-27, 2020
• Speaker, 10 Commandments of Franchise Sales, International Franchise Exposition, New York, NY, May 2019

• Author, "Lathrop GPM is a Legal One-Stop-Shop for Franchisors", IFA 2021 Supplier Source Book, October 25, 2021

• “Legal Eagle,” Franchise Times, 2018–2020, 2022