What is each party required to do to ensure the Bevaris Alliance agreement is fully effective?
Bevaris_Alliance Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
27.13 Counterparts.
- (a) This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.
- (b) Transmission of an executed counterpart of this agreement (but for the avoidance of doubt not just a signature page) or the executed signature page of a counterpart of this agreement] by (a) fax or (b) email (in PDF, JPEG or other agreed format) shall take effect as delivery of an executed counterpart of this agreement. If either method of delivery is adopted, without prejudice to the validity of the agreement thus made, each party shall provide the others with the original of such counterpart as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
- 27.14 Governing law. This agreement, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of California.
- 27.15 Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of California shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
This agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of it.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 22–88)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 FDD, to ensure the Bevaris Alliance franchise agreement is fully effective, the agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, constitutes a duplicate original. All counterparts together form one agreement.
Transmission of an executed counterpart or the executed signature page via fax or email (in PDF, JPEG, or another agreed format) is considered delivery of an executed counterpart. Following electronic delivery, each party must provide the others with the original counterpart as soon as reasonably possible.
The agreement is considered entered into on the date stated at the beginning of the agreement. The agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the law of California, and each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of California have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim related to the agreement.