Joseph Bedwick
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Cannabis Law: Eastern United States
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As chair of the firm’s Cannabis Industry Team, Joe has spearheaded the development of a multidisciplinary cannabis practice into a full-service team comprised of over 60 attorneys and government relations professionals from virtually every practice group within Cozen O’Connor. He applies his corporate knowledge to help clients navigate this rapidly developing regulated industry, utilizing his mergers and acquisitions experience to structure and document acquisitions and divestitures and debt and equity financings of companies engaged, directly and indirectly, in the cannabis and CBD space. Joe’s clients range from large multi-state operators to smaller, single state licenseholders, and he has become a trusted advisor to general counsel throughout the industry for his industry knowledge and business acumen. Joe has a broad understanding of cannabis regulations in a variety of states, and he has assisted his clients in the regulatory approval process at every stage of a client’s lifecycle, from license application and approval, to collateral and security issues in connection with financings to change of control issues arising from acquisitions or sales.
Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
J.D.
1994
University of Pennsylvania
B.A.
1991