Ximena Couret

Associate

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Dallas

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Biography

Ximena Couret is an associate in the Firm’s Dallas office and has a broad-based practice with an emphasis in international cross-border transactions. She has experience with complex global contract matters.

Practice Focus

Ximena assists clients in realizing their corporate transactional goals through the development of strategies, structuring, negotiating and implementing all types of business matters. Ximena's practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, including international franchising and distribution matters, cross-border joint venture transactions, international mergers and acquisition, and multijurisdictional corporate reorganizations involving public and private companies.

Representative Legal Matters

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.
Advised multiple popular domestic retail store concepts with expanding internationally by licensing and franchising.
Advised multilevel marketing company with establishing global footprint, including company formation, labor matters, IP protection, regulatory compliance, leasing and commercial contract matters.
Assisted in multijurisdictional corporate reorganization of major multinational corporation.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Center for Conflict Resolution - Certified Mediator
Dallas Bar Association - Member

Admissions

Texas~United States (2013)

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (J.D.) (2013)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (B.B.A.) (2007)

Languages

English
Spanish
French

Publications

Interview, "Force Majeure Comes Into Focus as International Franchise Landscape Shifts," Franchise Times, March 2023
Co-author, "Franchise Expansion in Mexico and Central and South America," The American Bar Association 45th Annual Forum on Franchising, November 2022
Co-author, "Changes to "Dual Distribution" relationships under the EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation are here - What it means for franchise relationships," Baker McKenzie Insights, May 23, 2022
Author, "Where to go next, and how to go about it? Key considerations for franchisors before embarking on master franchising deals," Global Franchise Magazine, Issue 7.1, May 2022
Co-author, “Establishing and Maintaining an International Compliance Program," The American Bar Association 41st Annual Forum on Franchising, October 2018
Co-author, “Key Considerations for Growing Your Franchise Abroad,” The ACC Dallas – Fort Worth Chapter Newsletter, Summer 2017
Co-author, "Extracontractual Formalities of International Agreements," The Franchise Lawyer, 1 October 2015

Presentations

Co-presenter, "Experts of The Americas: Opportunities for Expansion through Franchising in Latin America and the Caribbean," Baker McKenzie Insights, February 3, 2023

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