Our team of attorneys has the depth of experience and scope of representative industry work needed to address the business issues faced by owners, managers and operators of food and beverage businesses. To help our clients minimize risk, we proactively monitor state and federal legislation, case law and other significant developments in the law. With our client relationships and involvement in industry organizations, we have a wealth of technical and legal experience that enables us to provide efficient and effective counsel to meet specific legal needs.
We represent restaurants, franchise chains, wholesale distributors, distilleries, grocery stores, wineries, high-end restaurateurs, seafood processors and retail operations, and food and beverage manufacturers in a variety of legal issues, from business formation to real estate to employment and labor laws.
Legal Services
- Business formation, structuring and financing
- Business succession and wealth transfer
- Employment and labor, including contracts, manuals and wage & hour
- Federal, state and local regulatory requirements
- Franchising and distribution
- Immigration
- Insurance coverage and claims
- Licensing and permits, including Liquor Board application and approval
- Marketing and advertising
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Purchase and sale agreements
- Real estate and construction, leasing, property acquisition and tenant improvement projects
- Tax issues and audits
- Trademark and intellectual property
- Washington State business requirements
- Workers’ safety, and federal safety audits
Representative Clients
- Bale Breaker
- Bitterroot BBQ
- Blazing Onion Burger Co.
- Bluewater Distillery
- Brimmer & Heeltap
- Eastside Distilling
- Gourmet Mixes
- Harbor Wholesale
- Hot Cakes Chocolate Cakery
- Icicle Seafoods
- Jack’s BBQ
- Kaspar’s
- Lark
- Le Zinc
- Maria Hines Restaurants
- Maximillian’s
- Oaxaca, LLC
- Quinn’s Pub
- Restaurant Zoe
- SK Foods
- Stateside
- Terra Plata
- Trident Seafoods Corporation
- Uneeda Burger
