Marshall is a member of Husch Blackwell’s Cannabis team, where he serves as outside general counsel for clients that are active in or entering into the regulated cannabis market in Colorado and nationally. He works closely with individual entrepreneurs and executives on matters of marijuana and industrial hemp regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, debt and equity financing, governance, securities compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. In general, his representation of these companies and investors has been focused on:
- Negotiating the acquisition and sale of licensed marijuana businesses
- Developing corporate structures to comply with complex regulatory requirements
- Protecting and commercializing intellectual property
- Structuring financing and commercial contracts consistent with the regulatory scheme
- Assisting clients with regulatory and policy matters
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Marshall served as general counsel for a prominent music streaming startup as it transitioned from an early to growth-stage company. He continues to represent a number of emerging technology companies. Marshall also regularly assists the firm’s middle and large market clients with mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- National Cannabis Industry Association, Legal & Banking Committee, Board Member
Experience
Cannabis Experience
- Negotiates the successful purchase of numerous adult-use and medical marijuana licenses and their associated businesses.
- Structures several technology and intellectual property holding companies in the cannabis industry that develop and license proprietary technology and trademarks.
- Advises emerging growth cannabis technology and business solution companies in connection with corporate formation, seed and series A financing and commercial contracts.
- Represents several clients in the development of commercial greenhouses used by cannabis tenants.
- Provides ongoing regulatory, employment, tax, corporate and securities legal advice to various adult-use, medical and industrial hemp cannabis clients.
- Assists public company clients active in the cannabis space with securities compliance and corporate structuring to comply with local regulatory regimes.
- Represents cannabis operators with regard to administrative show cause orders, negotiation of remediation plans and stipulated settlement agreements with state and local agencies.
- Provide strategic guidance, in coordination of federal and local lobbying efforts, to help clients mitigate continuing changes to cannabis regulations.
- Represented private cannabis companies in the reverse merger into a public shell listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
M&A and General Corporate Experience
- Assisted Anheuser-Busch in craft brewer acquisitions.
- Represented medical device manufacturer in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Represented large agricultural chemical company in spin-off of proprietary technology subsidiary.
- Prepared co-packing and other commercial contracts on behalf of intellectual property holding companies for nutraceutical and food and beverage manufacturing.