One of New York’s first law firms to establish a dedicated Cannabis Practice Team, Lippes Mathias LLP helps clients conduct their businesses within the confines of the cannabis industry’s emerging legal requirements by offering a broad range of legal services along with the expertise necessary to navigate the cannabis industry’s complex and rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
From corporate structuring to real estate and intellectual property matters, Lippes Mathias LLP has a team of experienced attorneys focusing in all pertinent areas of cannabis law since the inception of legalization. Our Cannabis Team has first-hand knowledge of what it takes to operate a successful cannabis business, and given that our dedicated Cannabis Practice Team has been working within the legal cannabis business since the legalization of cannabis, we’re able to provide both legal expertise as well as a curated network of industry players.
Our Cannabis Practice Team can provide legal services in any of the following areas of law involved in the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, marketing, and sale of cannabis products:
- State license applications
- Regulatory compliance
- Real estate and land use matters
- Intellectual property, including trademark matters
- Banking law compliance
- Entity formation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity investments
- Tribal matters
- Government relations
- Government investigations and securities enforcement
- Franchising
- Employment law matters, including workplace policies
- Immigration, cross-border, and import/export restrictions
We have produced a series of four seminars in 2022 related to cannabis updates. Links to the videos of these seminars are found below:
- Part IV: A Year in Review and a Look Ahead
- Part III: Lippes Mathias NYS Adult-Use Cannabis Licensing Series, Maximizing Visibility and Consumer Engagement through Cannabis Compliant Marketing and Data Analytics
- Part II: Lippes Mathias NYS Adult-Use Cannabis Licensing Series, Real Estate, Zoning & Environment
- Cannabis in Indian Country
- Part I: Lippes Mathias NYS Adult-Use Cannabis Licensing Series, Staffing/Security
Team
Partner | Team Leader - Technology and Life Sciences
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Indian Law | Team Leader- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Partner | Team Leader - Franchising & Licensing; Team Leader - Asset Receivable Management
Partner | Office Leader, Washington, D.C. | Team Co-Leader - Indian Law | Team Co-Leader – Government & Corporate Investigations
Senior Associate | Team Co-Leader - Cannabis
Partner | Team Leader - Business & Commercial Litigation
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Intellectual Property
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Press Releases
Lippes Mathias Attorney and Cannabis Practice Team Co-Leader Joseph W. Schafer Speaks at NECANN’s New York Cannabis & Hemp Convention
October 25, 2024
In The news
Joseph W. Schafer Discusses the Progress of Cannabis Stores on the First Anniversary of Legal Cannabis Stores in Western New York With WGRZ
July 18, 2024
In The news
Cannabis Practice Team Members Author Article in Latest Issue of CannaBuff Titled, "Federal Rescheduling: The Move from Schedule I to Schedule III and What is Means for Cannabis Business"
July 2, 2024
In The news
Joseph W. Schafer and Devon R. McDonald Quoted in Buffalo Business First Article Discussing Possible Tax Implications for Local Cannabis Companies Following a Recent DEA Decision
May 13, 2024
