Farella Braun + Martel LLP‘s California-based practice is frequently called upon by cultivators, manufacturers, retailers, and investors seeking assistance with corporate issues such as structuring, regulatory compliance, and matters of real estate, employment, IP, and tax planning. The team is co-directed by Ryan Lowther, who counsels his cannabis clients on the launch, funding, and expansion of their businesses. Alongside him, Jeffrey Hamilton is known for representing investors and investment funds, ancillary businesses, cultivators, manufacturers and distributors in transactions, as well as assisting the same stakeholders with general corporate and regulatory advice.
Key clients
- TILT Holdings, Inc.
- Leafgistics, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised TILT Holdings Inc., a global provider of cannabis business solutions that include inhalation technologies, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, brand development, and retail, on a series of transactions to refinance its $86.7m legacy debt, effectively reducing TILT’s outstanding debt by 47% over a 12-month period.
- Acted as general counsel for Poseidon Investment Management, whose team was the first to launch an investment fund in the U.S. to be focused solely on cannabis investments.