{"id":480,"date":"2019-01-09T13:31:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/?p=480"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:38:22","slug":"duane-morris-lawyers-worked-on-some-of-the-biggest-marijuana-industry-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/2019\/01\/09\/duane-morris-lawyers-worked-on-some-of-the-biggest-marijuana-industry-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Duane Morris Lawyers Who Are Working on Some of the Biggest Deals in the Booming Marijuana Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the rapid spread of marijuana legalization in the US, lawyers are discovering that the tangled web of regulations guiding the rapidly growing industry is a boon for business. \u2026<\/p>\n

There are several key reasons lawyers are attracted to the marijuana industry. For one, as cannabis companies grow, merge, and start getting the attention of Fortune 500 corporations as acquisition targets, they need more sophisticated advice on financing, tax planning, corporate structure, and M&A. \u2026<\/p>\n

That’s an opportunity to a select group of lawyers who have cut a trailblazing path into the industry. Once reluctant, some of the biggest law firms, like Duane Morris, Baker Botts and Dentons, are building out specialized cannabis practice groups as the industry continues to grow in profitability and complexity. \u2026<\/p>\n

Business Insider<\/i>\u00a0has pulled together a list of the top lawyers who’ve worked on the largest deals in the past year in the growing marijuana industry.<\/p>\n

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Duane Morris represented iAnthus, a US cannabis company, in its $640 million merger with MPX Bioceutical, also the first public-to-public transaction in the US cannabis industry. Further, the firm has advised investors on real-estate acquisitions.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the\u00a0Business Insider<\/a><\/i>\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the rapid spread of marijuana legalization in the US, lawyers are discovering that the tangled web of regulations guiding the rapidly growing industry is a boon for business. \u2026 There are several key reasons lawyers are attracted to the marijuana industry. For one, as cannabis companies grow, merge, and start getting the attention of … <\/p>\n

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