Hemp-derived products exist in a fragmented and ever-changing legal environment. Laws vary widely from state to state, and are constantly shifting. We represent businesses involved in the retail sale, distribution and production of hemp and hemp-derived THC products, including beverage brands and direct-to-consumer marketplaces.
We also specialize in offering advice to third party service providers, such as banks, lenders, and insurers that have clients that propose to engage in the production, distribution or sale of hemp-derived products, which frequently creates a host of questions as legislative and regulatory developments arise on a near weekly, if not monthly, basis for those dealing with companies with a more national footprint. Investors may be confronted with similar questions, as will grocers and other major retailers.
Our Hemp & THC Products group is comprised of attorneys across practice groups, spanning multiple offices with unique insight and experience to assist businesses intersecting with this ever evolving industry. We maintain a 50-state analysis of all state laws, regulations, executive orders, attorney general enforcement, subregulatory guidance, and court decisions that ensure businesses can maintain real-time compliance with the ever-changing regulatory landscape. We also represent both buyers and sellers of hemp businesses, as well as investors. For third parties, we place emphasis on commercial contracts that are fully protective and customized to account for the changing nature of regulation in this novel area.
Our practice includes former prosecutors, full-time cannabis and hemp regulatory specialists, early stage and venture counsel, FDA regulatory experts, IP and commercial contract and licensing attorneys, all of whom advise and strategize with businesses as to the risks inherent in working with the hemp and THC products industry. We have been among the first national law firms to counsel clients in both the cannabis and hemp spaces. Our team includes experts in both alcohol and food and beverage law, including the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Trade Bureau, the NJ ABC, NY SLA, MA ABCC, state cannabis regulators, and others. We provide advice specifically to the alcohol and liquor and spirits industries as well as major grocers and retailers.
We specialize in compliance practices that all businesses can adopt, whether ancillary or “plant touching.” We have advised clients in the banking, lending, financial services and accounting fields, as well as investors. We represent numerous producers, suppliers, distributors and retailers of hemp and THC products, including companies traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange and NASDAQ.
