Our practice touches on every aspect of the food and beverage industry, including national and local producers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, restaurateurs, mobile food vendors, food transportation and delivery companies, food packaging companies, brewers and pet-food companies. We advise our clients in all stages of evolution, from business entity formation and expansion to merger and acquisition, on virtually all their legal needs to help them grow their businesses, protect innovation and protect their brands. With deep corporate, litigation and intellectual property experience, our Food & Beverage Industry team synergizes across practice groups to develop solutions for the unique challenges facing our clients.
Our Experience
We provide a full slate of services, including corporate compliance, mergers and acquisitions, vendor agreements, intellectual property counseling, franchise and distribution matters, real estate, insurance coverage, and employment and labor issues. In addition to these corporate legal and counseling services, our litigators stand ready when a dispute arises. For more than 50 years, our litigators have been called on to represent food and beverage industry clients in cases involving franchise and distribution issues, vendor disputes, intellectual property and trade secrets protection, employment law issues, merger and acquisition disputes, unfair competition, and consumer claims.
Podcasts
Bill Mandia co-hosts the “Food Forum” Podcast with the New Jersey Food Processors Association. Click images below to listen to the replays:
