Food & Beverages: Alcohol

Stoel Rives’ Food & Beverages group’s Alcohol practice has an enviable reputation for its exceptional work with producers, distributors, and retailers in the domestic and global wine, beer, and spirits markets. Our practice is renowned for its skill in working with private equity firms on acquisitions and advising on mergers and acquisitions in the industry. The team’s experience extends to representing clients on alcohol beverage advertising and distribution matters.

Our attorneys have decades of experience advising domestic and international producers, importers, distributors, specialty retail and big box stores, restaurant and hotel chains, cruise lines, and sports and entertainment concession companies on liquor licensing and compliance and are unrivaled in advising craft beer breweries in the Western states.

We excel in negotiating contracts with suppliers, bottlers, and distributors, including custom crush wineries. Since this sector is highly regulated, we help clients navigate the laws that govern alcohol manufacture, licensing, taxation, labeling, advertising, and marketing. We also provide counsel to protect clients’ brands, maintain environmental compliance, negotiate contracts, and defend in contentious disputes.

Use of technology, including the adoption of e-commerce by distributors, retailers, and brands, has positioned us among law firms providing innovative legal guidance to clients at the intersection of alcohol sales, technology, and data management.