I serve as a trusted legal adviser to operators and investors navigating the nuanced and rapidly evolving cannabis industry.
Jeffrey Schultz is a corporate and transactional partner who serves as a trusted advisor to startups and emerging private companies, founders and investors. His practice centers on early-stage and growth capital raising and investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, corporate restructuring, and day-to-day governance. Jeff has advised a large number of corporate clients on strategic transactions and has represented both buyers and sellers in dozens M&A transactions and early-stage investments.
Jeff also represents private equity, venture and hedge funds and family offices on portfolio investments and exit transactions, fund formation, and SEC compliance. He draws on his prior experience as general counsel and chief compliance officer to help clients find practical, creative solutions to complex transactional and regulatory issues.
Jeff also has a focused practice resolving disputes for closely held and small businesses, including shareholder and partnership disputes, contractual disputes and has served as a critical regulatory advisor on litigation matters. Jeff also brings deep experience in state cannabis regulatory licensing and compliance, particularly in New York. He guides clients through license applications, agency investigations, change-of-control approvals and regulatory diligence for deals in heavily regulated sectors. He has advised policymakers at the state and federal levels and is the Chair Emeritus and current Executive Committee member of the New York State Bar Association's Cannabis Law Section.
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