Skip to main content
Stay Connected

    Stay Connected

      Cannabis Deal Making and Transactional Considerations

      Cannabis Deal Making and Transactional Considerations

      This presentation will discuss basic structures of buying and selling a business in two basic forms – asset transactions and equity transactions, along with basic legal issues for joint ventures. The emphasis will be on the stages to a buy-sell transaction and a discussion on terms in service agreements. This presentation will discuss issues related to operating an effective business and preparation for acquisition while managing the concerns regularly faced by buyers of a cannabis business.


      00072187. 99d96685

      Richard Cheng

      Cannabis Deal Making and Transactional Considerations
      Richard is an attorney with Weaver Johnston Nelson. Richard’s practice focuses on transactions and advises on cannabis regulatory matters. Since 2013, Richard has represented a variety of cannabis related businesses and investors, working at national and global law firms. Richard represented the Texas Cannabis Industry Association, served as a board member for a hemp cannabinoid bio-pharmaceutical company and named a top 250 legal expert in cannabis by Databird Research Journal. Richard teaches cannabis law as an adjunct at UNT School of Law.