Thursday // May 6th // 2:45 pm
Session: Collaboration in Cannabis Law: The roles of the boutique law firms and larger law firms, how they currently serve and will best serve the cannabis industry as legalization moves forward
Rachel Schaefer
Associate
Fox Rothschild
Rachel advises public and private companies on a wide range of business matters, including entity formation and structuring, mergers and acquisitions, ownership disputes, dissolution, corporate governance issues, equity compensation plans and executive employment agreements, financing and capital raising and contract negotiation.
She also advises franchisors and franchisees on pre-sale disclosures and registration, regulatory compliance issues, franchise agreements and related transactional issues.
In her nonprofit practice, Rachel counsels clients on legal issues such as formation, structuring, tax exemption, fiscal sponsorship arrangements, governance issues, mergers and dissolution.
Rachel also provides counsel to businesses and individuals on succession planning matters, such as drafting buy-sell agreements for closely held businesses and implementing strategies to transition ownership to family members or key employees.