Cannabis Law

Legalization of cannabis in Canada and the associated influx of investment capital is a springboard for opportunities. When you partner with Dentons, you tap into our full range of experience across a number of legal fields and complex issues such as:

• Working with leading licensed producers on their going public transactions and financing activities, including . US producers.
• Working with clients on cultivation, production and retail license applications and all related regulatory and strategic considerations.
• Providing legal advice on strategic acquisitions of distribution and patient aggregation targets. We assist producers and individual investors on a range of investments: cross-border private and public securities offerings, and equity investments in, and loans to, industry participants.
• Providing deep technology, privacy and consumer protection knowledge to assist with distribution and marketing platforms for cannabis, and related products and services.
• Advising on real estate acquisitions, facility construction and zoning matters.
• Counseling clients on clinical trials, including negotiating trial agreements and all related procurement agreements.
• Coordinating with Dentons’ offices in over 2 dozen jurisdictions around the world to assist Canadian cannabis clients to pursue global opportunities in legal or legalizing jurisdictions.
• Advising employers on their rights and obligations regarding use of medical and adult-use cannabis by their employees.