Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers Directory 2022/23 Archive

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Forbes Magazine dubbed Chelsie Spencer the “rare friendly face in the midst of a cutthroat CBD hurricane, the person you want on speed dial when things turn sour” for her work in the cannabidiol (CBD) industry. As head of the cannabis practice at Ritter Spencer PLLC, Chelsie represents clients in every facet of the cannabis and hemp industries, including dispensaries, growers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, and more for their business needs ...

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Janet Jackim, who received the AV-Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, focuses on real estate acquisitions and leasing; equity and debt financing; loan workouts; and cannabis acquisitions, dispositions, and other deals. Ms. Jackim supplements her legal insight with advanced technical, operational and financial acumen particular to the cannabis industry. Her problem-solving creativity aids in resolving complex issues for her rapidly-expanding cannabis clients. Ms. Jackim is particularly well-versed in the cannabis space.  She ...

With more than 30 years of experience, Susan Burns has forged a career as a no-nonsense business lawyer and global development consultant helping businesses in growth mode tactically use legal strategies to meet their needs. Serving a broad range of industries, Susan has been a partner to businesses tackling the burgeoning cannabis industry since the outset, supporting processors, manufacturers and retailers. She has also worked extensively with psychotherapy and health-related ...

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Richard Y. Cheng, a managing member at Ritter Spencer Cheng PLLC and brings a wealth of experience and expertise in corporate transactions, regulatory, compliance matters, specifically to the cannabis and healthcare industries. Through his traditional healthcare practice, Richard ventured into the cannabis industry in 2013. His contributions to the cannabis industry have been significant, representing a variety of clients (e.g. cultivators, investors, manufacturers, retailers, healthcare providers, third-party business) and earning ...

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Tisha Black is the Managing Partner at Black & Wadhams. Ms. Black has been an active participant and counselor in the Nevada marijuana industry since 2014.  She has been, and continues to be, active in the Nevada State Medical and Recreational Cannabis Program and participate in the legislative process. She works with cannabis business entrepreneurs (in each class of certification) regarding application submission, structure, establishment, financing, compliance, mergers and acquisitions ...

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Shannett Thompson is a Partner in the Regulatory Team at Kingsley Napley. She started her legal career, working in HMRC, Insolvency Team, ahead of her training contract in the NHS. Shannett provides specialist regulatory advice across a number of sectors, including professional services. Her diverse client base includes businesses, care homes, regulators, professional bodies, students, and individuals. She is adept at working across a number of regulatory schemes. Given she ...

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Tom Zuber, recognized by Chambers USA, is a founder and the Managing Partner of Zuber Lawler. In addition to personally managing relationships with more than 10 of the firm’s Fortune 1000 clients, as well as funds and government entities, Mr. Zuber has been representing leading cannabis clients since 2006. He’s represented cannabis companies in litigation, deals, IP, and regulatory matters across the country as well as internationally. Mr. Zuber is ...

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Rod Kight is a cannabis business law attorney, based in North Carolina and Mexico, Rod represents legal cannabis businesses throughout the world ...

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Thomas Howard became a stockbroker after law school in 2008. The next year, he became licensed to practice law in Illinois and began a complex financial litigation practice with community banks and private equity funds as his clients. In 2010, he wrote a book about the nation’s cannabis laws and began building an online audience that has grown to the hundreds of thousands. By 2015, Illinois had legalized cannabis and ...

Samantha is a partner in Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group who focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital markets. Samantha has extensive experience of acting for companies and their advisers on IPOs and secondary transactions both on AIM and on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and on transactions involving the Toronto and Australian exchanges. She regularly advises on a range of domestic and cross-border ...

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Dr. Atthachai Homhuan is one of Thailand’s leading experts on the law regulating cannabis and other hemp-related products. A licensed attorney with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology, Dr. Atthachai is sought after by the world’s leading cannabis companies to advise on all aspects of establishing and operating their business in Thailand. Since the liberalization of cannabis laws in Thailand in 2019, he has assisted numerous clients at various stages of ...

Veronica is a Pacific Northwest native with over a decade of experience in strategic business planning, complex commercial litigation and regulatory compliance. Over the last four years, she has become intimately involved in navigating the Oregon cannabis regulatory landscape, serving as compliance and regulatory counsel for a local cannabis processor. Prior to returning to Portland in 2015, Veronica represented numerous municipalities and public entities throughout California in various regulatory and ...

Aaron Pelley is a pioneering attorney and Partner at Gleam Law, widely recognized as a trailblazer in cannabis and psychedelic law. With nearly 20 years of experience, he has been instrumental in drafting key legislation and establishing legal frameworks for emerging markets and high-risk industries. A Top 100 Trial Lawyer and multi-year "Super Lawyer," Aaron is a sought-after speaker whose legal insights have been featured in The New York Times, Vice News, and Newsweek. He currently serves ...

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Ricardo Geada is a regulatory partner advising UK and international businesses on compliance, investigations and market access, with a particular focus on the legal cannabis sector (medical and CBD wellness), vaping and other consumer products. I also have worked on matters pertaining to crypto/digital assets. Ricardos centres on designing compliant routes to market, navigating regulator scrutiny, and managing risk across the UK, EU and multi‑jurisdictional projects. Before joining Irwin Mitchell, ...

Daniel Haymann specialises in corporate and commercial law. Thanks to his extensive business experience, he has a good sense for new markets and understands the requirements for market launch and scale-up strategies. As an interdisciplinary and hands-on advisor, his focus is on investments, venture capital and financing transactions as well as regulatory issues in the healthcare and consumer goods sectors. He has been advising investors, start-ups, and vertically integrated companies ...

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Alex Buscher founded Buscher Law LLC in 2018 to provide legal advice to cannabis & hemp companies in Colorado and quickly realized most lawyers, bankers, and insurance companies were still not willing to take a risk on the legalized industry. This led to an expansion of practice areas in-house and an in-depth understanding of a wide array of separate yet interconnected areas of the law including business, real estate, asset ...

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Neil M. Kaufman, is the managing member of Kaufman McGowan PLLC, Corporate & Securities Counsel to the Cannabis Industry™ and one of the leading corporate cannabis law firms in New York and the USA.  He combines over 40 years of practicing corporate and securities law at the highest levels with 10 years of extensive cannabis industry experience.  Mr. Kaufman represents a wide variety of cannabis companies and investors in their ...

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David Feldman concentrates his law practice on corporate and securities law and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general representation of public and private companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and private equity and venture capital firms. David has represented a wide range of clients in the legal cannabis and psychedelics industries since 2013. He provides guidance on private placements, public offerings, loan structuring and fund formation for cannabis companies, as well as ...

Sean J. McGowan represents emerging growth, middle market and public companies and investment firms in their corporate, securities, financing, borrowing, merger & acquisition and other legal matters. Mr. McGowan is: President of the Columbian Lawyers’ Association of Suffolk County. Secretary of the Confederation of Columbian Lawyers of New York State. Member of the Columbian Lawyers’ Association of Nassau County. Member of the New York State Bar Association and its Cannabis ...

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