About

Provided by TroyGould Attorneys

We advise clients across the restaurant, food, beverage, supplement, alcohol distribution, supermarket, and wellness sectors on the business and legal issues that arise throughout the life cycle of a consumer-facing brand. The practice draws on corporate and litigation experience to help clients launch, finance, grow, protect, and, when needed, defend their businesses. We advise in connection with, among other things, entity formation, equity and debt financings, partnership arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, real estate matters, trademark protection, franchising, licensing, labeling and advertising matters, and day-to-day operational counseling.

What the Food & Beverage team is known for

    • Advising food and beverage businesses on formation, financing, growth, and strategic transactions
    • Counseling restaurants and consumer brands on commercial arrangements, including licensing, franchising, and partnership matters
    • Advising on food, beverage, and supplement labeling and advertising matters
    • Representing a broad range of sector participants, from restaurants and beverage companies to distributors, franchisors, growers, supermarkets, and wellness businesses
    • Providing practical, cross-disciplinary support on the mix of corporate, operational, branding, employment, real estate, and dispute issues that affect the industry
    • Serving as outside counsel to businesses that need commercial advice grounded in the realities of restaurant and consumer-product operations

Chambers Review

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Food & Beverages - Los Angeles

Spotlight

What the Team is Known For

TroyGould Attorneys has a strong record advising clients in the restaurant sector on a range of contentious and transactional matters. The firm advises on licensing and brand protection issues, as well as providing ADA-related advice. The group also has strength in litigation arising out of food labeling and advertising claims.

Notable practitioners

Darren Freedman is a key contact.

Members

Provided by TroyGould Attorneys

Amy Nashon

Benjamin Clements

Calvin Cheng

Darren Freedman

Head of Department

Ekong Udoekwere

Russell Glazer

Clients

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Howlin' Ray's

Sunkist Growers, Inc.

Tequilla Mandala

Industries

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alcohol distribution

food & beverage

restaurant

supermarkets

supplements

wellness/nutrition