Marco Hero Editor

Marco Hero co-heads the franchise practice group of TIGGES, the largest franchise lawyer team in Germany with 10 attorneys. He represents both national and international franchisors in all aspects of franchise law and related matters such as competition and distribution. Over the past ten years Marco assisted franchisors growing internationally into more than 20 countries. Marco is an officer of the international franchising committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). He serves as expert for German franchise law at the International Distribution Institute (IDI) and lectures international franchising at the Franchise Business School in Weilburg, the German Franchise Association (DFV) as well as the German Franchise Institute (DFI). Before he was admitted as a lawyer he was a legal assistant to the deputy director general of the United Nations and clerked at the Regional Court of Dusseldorf.