Cannabis Law
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 3
Contact number
+1 512 542 7000About
Provided by Foley & Lardner LLP
Established in 2014, Foley’s Cannabis Industry Team is one of the most experienced legal teams focused on the cannabis industry, bringing together significant experience from multiple practice disciplines to comprehensively advise clients involved in the space as well as clients within supporting and peripheral industries. Our Cannabis Industry Team includes a deep bench of more than 60 attorneys nationwide and in Mexico City.
We appreciate the opportunities presented by the emerging cannabis industry and are committed to helping clients navigate the complexities of federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Our dedicated legal team develops creative and agile business solutions that allow businesses, lenders, investors, cultivators, processors, caregivers, transporters, landlords, and others to address current contradictions between agencies and jurisdictions, without limiting future options when those contradictions are resolved. Foley has played a key role in some of the highest profile transactions in the industry to date.
Foley’s Cannabis Industry Team advises clients on best practices regarding corporate formation and finance, joint ventures, tax strategies, industry-focused compliance programs, patent and intellectual property protections, real estate leasing, multistate licensing, SEC compliance, and in connection with government investigations involving the Department of Justice, the SEC, and other enforcement authorities.
Chambers Review
Foley & Lardner is a nationwide firm with considerable ties to the life sciences industry and an impressive track record of cannabis-related intellectual property mandates. Highly recommended for transactional work in this market, acting for both companies and investment funds. Equally capable of providing day-to-day regulatory and licensing advice.
Work Highlights
- Foley & Lardner is advised FarmaceuticalRX on multiple buy-side transactions for additional retail dispensary facilities, among other matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team does an excellent job and they are very responsive."
"The group offers clear and thoughtful guidance."
"The team does an excellent job and they are very responsive."
"The group offers clear and thoughtful guidance."
Notable Practitioners
James McKee is a highly regarded member of Florida's cannabis Bar. He is equally capable in both standalone compliance matters and the regulatory aspects of transactions.
"James is an excellent lawyer."