About

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Members of Akerman’s Cannabis Practice understand the complex legal and business issues impacting companies operating in this sector and have the depth of experience and national reach necessary to help clients meet their business objectives. The team monitors notable industry trends and legislative developments to provide timely guidance to clients seeking to navigate the maze of often-conflicting federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing cannabis. Clients include cannabis investment funds, cultivators, processors, dispensers and distributors, and suppliers of ancillary products and services.

Service Offerings:

  • Licensing
  • Regulatory compliance issues
  • Corporate formation and restructuring
  • Corporate, securities, and financing transactions, including M&A and joint venture structuring
  • Labor and employment compliance and litigation
  • Real estate transactions
  • Land use building entitlements
  • Government advocacy and legislative lobbying
  • Branding and intellectual property protection, including product label approvals and trademark protection
  • Commercial litigation and distributor/supplier/retailer dispute resolution
  • Healthcare licensing, discipline, and reimbursement issues
  • Legal guidance to start-up companies in virtually all phases of their lifecycles
  • Supplier and distributor business relationship counseling and transaction negotiation
  • Retailer purchasing compliance and on-premises promotions
  • Tax planning and strategy
  • Defense of enforcement, investigations, and administrative litigation

Chambers Review

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Cannabis Law - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

The Akerman team is highly respected with strength in depth, representing businesses and investors operating in the arena of cannabis production and distribution. It marries regulatory expertise with transactional corporate and real estate capabilities in the sector, and it also has ample experience in dispute resolution.

Work Highlights

  • Akerman represented Evolution Properties in an administrative proceeding against the Florida Department of Health for denial of its application to operate a medical marijuana treatment center.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jonathan S Robbins
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Jonathan S Robbins
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Jonathan Robbins deploys his regulatory expertise in the context of both compliance and litigation, including ground-breaking challenges to state cannabis laws.

Johnathan is an outstanding leader in the practice and the industry.

Johnathan is communicative and helpful with practical solutions.

Joshua Mandell
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Joshua Mandell
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Joshua Mandell is noted for his ability to provide counsel on an array of issues, including regulatory compliance, joint ventures and financings, to name a few.

Joshua is an excellent and commercially wise litigator.

Ranked Lawyers at
Akerman LLP

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USA - Nationwide

Cannabis Law: Eastern United States

Jonathan S Robbins
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Jonathan S Robbins
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Cannabis Law: Western United States

Joshua Mandell
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Joshua Mandell
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Band 4

Members

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