Hemp & Cannabis-Ancillary Businesses

Waller has worked with clients in the hemp industry since the enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Although the firm does not represent clients who grow, produce, process, distribute, or sell marijuana or marijuana products, the firm has been called upon to advise financial institutions, commercial landlords, private lenders, virtual currency companies, payment processors and other entities in their commercial interactions with companies operating in the cannabis industry.

As a full-service firm with extensive experience representing businesses in heavily regulated industries, Waller attorneys provide advice and counsel on a wide range of issues that can affect these companies in their dealings with the cannabis industry, including:

• Entity formation and corporate structuring
• Capital market transactions, securities and corporate governance
• Commercial and financing matters
• Real estate
• Environmental issues
• Public policy and government relations
• Healthcare
• Agriculture
• Joint ventures with universities and other institutions
• Cross-border issues
• Licensing and registration
• Intellectual property
• Labor and employment
• Tax matters
• Commercial litigation and government investigations