Areas

• Liquor license, restaurant, and package store purchases, acquisitions and transfers;

 

• The licensing of breweries, wineries, distilleries, wholesalers and importers at the United States Trade & Tax Bureau (TTB) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABCC) and at the local licensing authorities located throughout Massachusetts;

 

• National label registration across the United States, Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) applications, trademark registrations and national compliance with the various states’ distribution laws;

 

• Defending against TTB and ABCC investigations;

 

• Liquor license violation hearings before the ABCC and the local licensing authorities located throughout Massachusetts;

 

• Commercial lease drafting and litigation;

 

• Business formations, financing, mergers, acquisitions, sales agreements and shareholder governance issues;

 

• Distribution agreement drafting and litigation, including brand and label franchise compliance and litigation before the ABCC;

 

• Government relations;

 

• Municipal zoning, entertainment and land use issues; and

 

• Appeals and litigation against regulatory agencies in Massachusetts state courts.