The demand for medicinal cannabis is growing quickly, but this highly regulated industry is subject to stringent licensing and compliance requirements that touch employment, agribusiness, capital markets, financial services and banking, land use, healthcare, and intellectual property law.
To meet the needs of clients in the Missouri medical marijuana industry, Rosenblum Robbins offers legal and regulatory guidance, state and local business compliance, business formation, transactions, product licensing, white-labeling, commercial leases, and connection with industry experts as needed.
With extensive experience in cannabis law, we help clients secure and maintain licenses for cultivating cannabis, manufacturing cannabis-infused products, and dispensing flower and infused products — including ongoing compliance with the FDA, FTC and other agencies.
Where Our Attorneys Have Experience
Application & Pre-Operational
- Regulatory and competitive licensing requirements
- Prepare and submit competitive applications for licenses, certifications and permits
- Land use entitlements and permitting
- Real property leases and purchase agreements
- Business structure formation and governing documents
- Ancillary business permitting (fire, building, health)
- Operating policies and procedures
- Pre-operational regulatory inspections
- Legal due diligence and contracts with banks, vendors, partners
Operational & Regulatory Compliance
- Pre-inspection submissions (facility modifications, ownership changes)
- Compliance audits, readiness checks, pre-inspections
- Attend regulatory inspections
- Responses to statements of deficiency and corrections
- Administrative hearings for citations, fines and penalties
- Local, state and federal tax, securities and regulated matters
Capital Raises, Financing & Banking
- PPMs, subscription agreements and offering documents
- Audits, compliance and legal opinions for financing
- Annual information statements for publicly traded companies
- Federal and state banking regulations including BSA/AML for cannabis-related accounts
- Capital markets advisory
Intellectual Property Protection
- State trademark applications, trade name and patent registrations
- Branding, licensing and white-labeling agreements
- Consulting, process and know-how licensing
Employment & Vendor Matters
- Employment and independent contractor agreements
- Training programs and related policies
- Labor disputes, OSHA matters
- Vendor and supply agreements
Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring
- Acquisitions, sales, mergers and joint ventures
- Financial restructuring agreements and buyouts
- Disputes over closely held business ownership and corporate control
Government Relations & Lobbying
- Represent clients' business interests to elected officials and agencies
- Schedule facility tours for legislators
- Track and monitor cannabis-related legislation
Real Estate
- Commercial leasing and purchase negotiations
- Zoning, land use and local government requirements
Crisis Management
- Interface with regulators, coordinate communications and media response
- Review compliance structures and revamp policies and procedures