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Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented private equity funds in purchases and sales of portfolio companies, primarily in the manufacturing and consumer goods industries.
• Represented hospitality business in $240M sale to global company.
• Closed numerous acquisitions of alcohol and non-alcohol beverage brands.
• Advised multiple sell-side and buy-side clients in private equity roll up transactions.
• Represented variety of companies and individuals in other transactions, including buy- and sell-side M&A transactions and investor advisement related to such transactions.

Emerging Companies and Venture Capital

• Represented companies in early-stage investments, including Seed and Series A rounds.
• Advised clients on early-stage financing, including equity and debt (non-convertible and convertible instruments) angel and institutional capital.
• Advised new ventures on entity and domicile selection, redomiciling, and restructuring.

Commercial Contracting

• Prepared co-packing and other commercial contracts on behalf of intellectual property holding companies in the food and beverage industries.
• Managed numerous client service teams for commercial contracting.
• Drafted a wide variety of contracts for both large and small companies, including licensing, supply, and manufacturing contracts.
• Assisted with the creation of a global membership network for national consulting firm.

Cannabis

• Advised LivWell Holdings Inc., in its sale to PharmaCann Inc., the largest privately held, vertically integrated cannabis company in the United States.
• Represented cannabis cultivator Los Sueños Farms in $67 million sale to Curaleaf, one of the world's largest cannabis companies.
• Structured several technology and intellectual property holding companies in the cannabis industry that develop and license proprietary technology and trademarks.
• Represented Nutritional High International in a $10 million acquisition of a dispensary and cultivation facility in California.
• Assisted a family office in entering the state-regulated marijuana space with their initial investment into the space with additional investments to follow.
• Handled corporate formation, financings and commercial contracts for emerging growth cannabis technology and business solution companies.
• Advised medical and adult-use stores, marijuana-infused-products manufacturers and marijuana testing facilities on licensing issues at local and state levels in Colorado.
• Provided research, due diligence, and document drafting and review regarding regulatory, employment, corporate and securities matters to various adult-use, medical and industrial hemp cannabis clients.
• Negotiated the purchase of numerous adult-use and medical marijuana licenses and their associated businesses.
• Advised emerging growth cannabis technology and business solution companies in connection with corporate formation, seed and series A financing and commercial contracts.
• Provided regulatory and compliance guidance to a publicly traded cannabis company in multiple states as in-house counsel.