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Spirit Law Partners

Food & Beverages: Alcohol

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Spirit Law Partners

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Provided by Spirit Law Partners

Spiritus Law is an entrepreneurial regulatory and business law firm focused on the representation of highly regulated industries and transactions. Our boutique format supports our focused and nationally recognized experience in alcohol licensing and food service law, federal, state, and local regulatory and business licensing, hospitality law and amenity service licensing, alcohol marketing and social media compliance, commercial and residential real estate development, land use and zoning, real estate transactions, government relations, banking and lending, small business start-up services, and public/private partnership transactions. 

We leverage our unparalleled collective experience working with government agencies, banking institutions, and regulatory officials on the federal, state, and local levels to develop innovative solutions for modern business concerns and goals. 

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Food & Beverages: Alcohol - USA - Nationwide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Spirit Law Partners has a distinguished team with significant experience advising clients on alcohol licensing matters and regulatory compliance. The firm acts for an impressive list of both international and domestic clients, with a number of notable clients in the hospitality and entertainment sectors. The group offers strength in handling contract disputes, IP issues and complex M&A in the alcohol beverage space. The team is also equipped to advise on distribution and importation issues.

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Work Highlights

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  • Spirit Law Partners assisted The Fresh Market with expanding the scope of services from retail alcohol licensing for its grocery stores to guiding its new integration of liquor sales and liquor package store operations.

Strengths

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  • They were very effective and timely in their solutions. Based on their counsel, we were able to work seamlessly with operations to implement initiatives to achieve our goals.

    Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA

  • Their process-driven approach and clear communication gave me complete confidence from start to finish.

    Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA

  • Spirit maintains a thoughtful and business-minded approach to licensing and leverages nationwide relationships to help service licensing matters across a number of states, allowing a single point of contact for alcohol licensing questions and applications.

    Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Marbet Lewis
    Marbet Lewis

    Marbet Lewis

    Marbet Lewis is the co-chair of the firm's alcohol industry practice and regularly assists with M&A, licensing and regulatory compliance matters. Her practice covers both domestic and international issues.

    • Marbet has been helpful in ensuring key tasks are completed in a timely and effective manner.

      Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA

    • One of Marbet’s greatest strengths is her creativity in problem-solving. Regulatory challenges that might appear insurmountable to others are met with calm analysis and innovative thinking.

      Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA
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  • Robert Lewis
    Robert Lewis

    Robert Lewis

    Robert Lewis has considerable knowledge of the alcohol beverage space and assists clients with trademark issues, contract negotiations and licensing matters.

    • Robert is extremely knowledgeable and provides expert guidance through a complicated regulatory process.

      Food & Beverages: Alcohol respondentUSA

    • Robert brings a varied approach and researches all possible angles to help narrow business decisions and provide accurate recommendations to our teams.

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