Cannabis Law
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
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About
Provided by Dentons Canada LLP
Legalization of cannabis in Canada and the associated influx of investment capital is a springboard for opportunities. When you partner with Dentons, you tap into our full range of experience across a number of legal fields and complex issues such as:
- Working with leading licensed producers on their going public transactions and financing activities, including . US producers.
- Working with clients on cultivation, production and retail license applications and all related regulatory and strategic considerations.
- Providing legal advice on strategic acquisitions of distribution and patient aggregation targets. We assist producers and individual investors on a range of investments: cross-border private and public securities offerings, and equity investments in, and loans to, industry participants.
- Providing deep technology, privacy and consumer protection knowledge to assist with distribution and marketing platforms for cannabis, and related products and services.
- Advising on real estate acquisitions, facility construction and zoning matters.
- Counseling clients on clinical trials, including negotiating trial agreements and all related procurement agreements.
- Coordinating with Dentons’ offices in over 2 dozen jurisdictions around the world to assist Canadian cannabis clients to pursue global opportunities in legal or legalizing jurisdictions.
- Advising employers on their rights and obligations regarding use of medical and adult-use cannabis by their employees.
Chambers Review
Dentons offers clients engaged in the cannabis sector all manner of commercial advice, including in relation to M&A mandates, securities matters and licensing issues. The team is particularly well regarded for its role in corporate financings. It frequently assists emerging companies with financings and IPOs, in addition to advising established companies on commercial and regulatory issues. Its lawyers in Canada benefit from the firm's international network to advise clients on cross-border matters.
Work Highlights
- Dentons advised TPCO Holdings on its merger with Gold Flora.
Notable Practitioners
Andreas Kloppenborg is particularly noted for his transactional work, including debt and equity financings as well as M&A. He assists companies active in the cannabis sector as well as lenders and agents.
"Andreas is a pleasure to work with; he is very practical."
Ranked Lawyers at
Dentons Canada LLP
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Members
Provided by Dentons Canada LLP
Head of Department
Kimberly Burns
Nicole Bacsalmasi
Scott Rozansky
Shea Coulson