Profile
Mo Alturk is a seasoned business-transactional lawyer with over 15 years of experience guiding clients through complex international corporate and commercial matters. He advises clients across various industries on challenges and opportunities related to expanding, acquiring, selling, financing, franchising, and licensing brands and businesses internationally. More specifically, his work encompasses cross-border joint venture transactions, international franchising, licensing and distribution transactions, international mergers and acquisitions, international regulatory compliance, and international corporate formation and maintenance.
Concentrations
- Cross-border franchise law guidance, including structuring franchise networks, drafting and negotiating franchise agreements, and advising on franchise regulatory compliance
- Cross-border supply chain guidance, including structuring distribution or other sales intermediary networks, drafting and negotiating all types of supply chain agreements (e.g., distribution, supply, agency, fulfillment), and advising on distribution and agency regulatory compliance
- Cross-border B2C guidance, including structuring customer loyalty programs, drafting B2C agreements and notices (e.g., terms and conditions, terms of use), and advising on consumer protection and related issues
Capabilities
Experiência
- Represented several leading casual dining, fast casual and quick service restaurants in their international franchise, joint venture and other international matters on a global level.°
- Assisted major hotel brands expanding internationally via franchising in connection with negotiating and documenting franchise transactions, conducting local due diligence and regulatory compliance.°
- Assisted multiple major restaurant brands in conducting brand protection initiatives, including market testing events and pop-up stores.°
- Advised multiple popular domestic retail store concepts with expanding internationally by licensing and franchising.°
- Assisted various clients with respect to default, work-out, termination and de-identification of international franchisees and related dispute resolution proceedings in multiple jurisdictions.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Alturk prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Reconhecimento & Liderança
- Selected, Franchise Times, “Legal Eagles,” 2024-2025
- Recognized, Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), Franchising, 2024
- Honoree, Texas Lawyer, “On the Rise,” 2019
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Member, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
Credenciais
Educação
- J.D., Boston University School of Law
- B.A., Southern Methodist University
- B.B.A., Southern Methodist University
Admissões
- Texas
Idiomas
- Arabic, Conversational
- Inglês, Native
- Espanhol, Native