Grace Yang

Practice Areas

Administrative and Regulatory

Residential, Resort and Club

Food Law

Restaurant

Senior Housing

Alcohol Beverage

Tobacco

Hospitality

Land Use Law

Government

Professional Memberships

The Florida Bar, Member (1997-present)

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member (1997-present)

Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers, Member (2000-present)

13th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee, Member (2010-2020)

Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Member (2000-present)

Hillsborough County Hotel and Motel Association, Allied Member (2006-present)

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member (2000-2004, 2006-present)

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Tampa Bay, Member (2006-present)

Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay, Florida, Member

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2011

National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Attorneys, Member (2006-present)

National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals, Member

Westshore Alliance, Board of Directors (2015-2023)

Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys, Member (2018-present)

Hillsborough County Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees (2020-2022), Secretary (2022-2023)

Career

Grace Yang collaborates with alcohol beverage and food vendors in the areas of regulation, licensing, land use, and multistate compliance issues. With decades of experience advising clients in the hospitality sector, she has handled the purchase, sale, and licensure of thousands of retail stores, resort properties, restaurants, senior living facilities, and other businesses throughout the United States. Clients include hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, package liquor stores, resorts, golf clubs, country clubs, theme parks, breweries, wineries, and distilleries, among others.

On the licensure side, Grace helps clients obtain and maintain liquor licenses, food and lodging licenses, local business licenses, health permits, spa and salon permits, and other licenses needed for lawful operation in various states. She also counsels clients in food and alcohol compliance matters and enjoys helping clients launch new business ventures in this highly regulated industry. Her land use work focuses on commercial development projects where alcohol-related special use or conditional use permits or variances are needed for new businesses. Grace frequently represents alcohol beverage and hospitality sector clients before local and state administrative agencies.

As deputy section chair of the firm’s leading Regulated Products Section, Grace successfully manages project teams working to acquire licenses in multistate business acquisitions. She is an active sector player and frequently sought-after thought leader in the hospitality space. Well respected by clients and colleagues alike, Grace often joins GrayRobinson colleagues in the corporate, real estate, and hospitality practices to deliver wide-ranging and creative support for clients.

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