The Brownstein Wine Practice offers full legal counseling services to the Wine and related industry participants. Beginning when founding partner of Hatch & Parent (merged with Brownstein effective January 1, 2008), Stan Hatch, negotiated the first conditional wine permit in Santa Barbara, CA, the practice has grown and now has the ability to represent all aspects of viticulture for small, privately-held vineyards along the Central Coast of California to large corporately organized wine and related agri-business.
Offering general counsel services to business, we are uniquely situated to support the Wine industry. Our Water Practice is one of the premier practices in the Western United States. In combination with our Natural Resources Practice, in particular issues related to the California Environment Quality Agency (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ES) and the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA), and other related state and federal regulatory agency rules and regulations, we advise on all aspects related to land, land use, and related environmental issues.
From the business side, we routinely advise on financing including private equity, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships and all related business counseling issues, labor & employment, employee benefits, liquor licensing and bankruptcy and restructuring when needed. Our Real Estate practice, including Acquisition Disposition and Development, and Hospitality advises business through out the United States on all aspects of land development, acquisition and management.
We routinely advise the wine and beverages industry on all issues related to patents and trademarks, including trade secrets, trademark clearance, registration, licensing and enforcement including intellectual property and general commercial litigation.
The Brownstein Advantage
- Integration of all the Firm’s legal services. Full service business counsel to the Wine and Beverage industry to easily represent privately-held businesses to large, multi-jurisdictional food businesses.
- Partnerships that prioritize your goals. Our Wine Practice serves your overall business objectives, rather than focusing solely on narrow legal issues. Whether it is water, environmental, land use, financing, intellectual property, passing generational wealth or any general business challenge, we are problem solvers. We are integrated members of your strategic team.
- Industry Integration. We recognize that the success of the wine industry is based on its integration with hospitality, gaming and other sectors of the leisure industries. Our connections through our Gaming, Hospitality and Real Estate professionals are worldwide.
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