Our attorneys have extensive experience helping food and beverage companies navigate the unique challenges facing them. Whether you’re a startup, emerging brand or a global corporation, our team provides a full range of legal services that cover every stage of a product’s life-cycle, including, without limitation, product development, raising capital, intellectual property protection, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, growing distribution and the purchase/sale of a business.
We represent industry players of all sizes, including brands, founders, food manufacturers, alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, distributors, retailers, wholesalers, restaurants and fast food franchises, agribusinesses supplying raw materials, logistics and supply chain partners, angel investors, venture capital investors and other strategic partners.
OUR SERVICE AREAS
- Corporate organization and structuring
- Angel, venture and private equity financing
- Merger, acquisitions and exits
- Asset-based lending
- Vendor, co-packing and co-manufacturing arrangements
- Distributor and broker agreements
- Sales agency agreements
- Intellectual Property Licensing and Protection
- Celebrity endorsement/Social Media Influencer Agreements
- Warehousing and fulfillment
- Tax planning
- Strategic partnerships
- Real estate acquisition, financing, leasing and permitting
- Labor, employment, employee benefit and incentive compensation matters
- Commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, bankruptcies and creditors’ rights
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
- Stuffed Puffs
- mikey’s
- Honey Stinger
- Pipcorn
- Factory LLC
- Route Nine Baking Co.
- Blue Eagle Logistics
- Dan Schantz Farm & Greenhouses
- Numerous franchisees of various chains, including McDonald’s, Auntie Anne’s, Playa Bowls, Subway, Red Robin, Jake’s Way Back, and many others
NOTABLE REPRESENTATIONS
- Represent Factory LLC, an innovative venture capital firm specializing in food, beverage & pet health companies, in connection with numerous investments and other strategic transactions
- Represent Stuffed Puffs® in connection with a broad range of commercial transitions, including, without limitation, capital raises, real estate acquisitions, supply agreements, and labor and employment matters
- Represented processed meat manufacturer in the connection with the sale of business to a strategic venture capital buyer
