Food & Beverages: Alcohol

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Provided by McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Premium quality – McDermott is pitched at the top end of the market for alcohol regulatory legal services. We don’t compete with the boutique firms for volume work, but hold ourselves out as the key choice for sophisticated regulatory, distribution, transactional, and litigation matters.

Regulatory expertise – Our lawyers have extensive experience with the regulation of beverages before the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, Customs & Border Protection, the Food and Drug Administration, and state alcohol control authorities. We understand the objectives of regulators and apply this knowledge on behalf of well-known drinks companies.

Litigation/investigations – A crucial part of our practice is representing alcohol beverage companies in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations, including TTB audits. No other firm compares with us for federal enforcement work, such as TTB and FTC investigations. Practice head Alva Mather began her career as a litigator, and specializes in alcohol distribution and supply cases. This expertise shone through this past year as Alva worked with clients to quietly settle a dozen proposed class action cases.