Alcohol & Regulated Substances
Alcohol & Regulated Substance Services
Industry Counseling and Regulatory Advice
Disputes and Investigations
Transactions
- Federal and state permit/licensing
- Industry agreements such as crop and ingredient purchase, custom crush, alternating proprietorship, contract brewing, bottling and distribution agreements
- Tied house and trade practice issues
- Advertising, promotions, marketing and free goods
- Managing intellectual property portfolios, including patents, trademark and copyright due diligence, clearance, prosecution, registration, licensing, protection, policing and litigation
- Product formulation
- Transportation counseling
- Labeling issues
- Direct to consumer sales
- License suspension and revocation hearings
- Administrative hearings on license applications, including denials and protests
- Distribution agreements and distributor terminations
- Federal and state regulatory investigations
- Insurance recovery and defense
- Internal investigations
- Mergers, acquisitions and sales involving all industry sectors, including breweries, vineyard lands, hotels and restaurants, transfer of management in cannabis growing operations
- Corporate organization and restructuring
- Real estate and land use
- Trademark licensing
- Packaging agreements
- Management agreements
- Facility leasing
- Import/Export Agreements
G&M Advantages
G&M’s Alcohol & Regulated Substances Practice Group is unique not only for the cutting edge nature of its work – it is at the forefront of regulatory changes impacting its clients, and due to the size of its client base, has addressed virtually every issue that its clients might experience – but also due to the comprehensive nature of the services it provides (a full spectrum of services, eliminating the need for (and cost of) multiple professionals). On the cost front, even beyond the savings stemming from G&M’s holistic approach, as a boutique, G&M’s rates are lower than those of its true competitors, and G&M is also at the forefront of employing alternative fee structures in appropriate circumstances.