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