Akerman's fully integrated Alcohol Beverage team advises clients on the many multi-jurisdictional, regulatory compliance, and emerging legal issues facing the restaurant and alcohol beverage sector. Our team includes professionals dedicating their full time practices to the representation of alcohol sector members, and is augmented by practitioners recognized for their proficiency in traditional legal fields that are necessary for addressing the business needs of alcohol sector clients including corporate law, labor and employment law, intellectual property law, land use and zoning law, government relations and administrative law, customs law, and tax law.
Our core team professionals include attorneys, licensing assistants, and various governmental consultants with prior real time experience. In addition to our in-house staff, we maintain strategic relationships with local consultants and expeditors throughout the country to ensure that we can manage our client's needs no matter where they seek to expand their operations. Our experience includes comprehensive representation of clients at all levels and segments of the alcohol sector including established and recognized national sector business leaders as well as smaller novice and independent family owned businesses.
Our group is dedicated to advancing innovation and influencing the interpretation and enforcement of the rules and regulations that govern alcohol beverages and tobacco products. We focus our practice on the business needs of industry members and make it a priority to remain at the forefront of legislative efforts and proposed regulatory changes that may affect our clients' business operations. The team is positioned as a leader in educating sector segments on various modern trends, legislative changes, and proposed rule-making or statutory amendments that redesign the sector's regulatory framework. Our experience enables us to draft, amend, support, or promote concerns with proposed legislation that could require operational changes or intended business models. We value our professional government relationships and use our collaborative experience to facilitate and promote client interests and operational goals.
