WINERY, BEER, & SPIRITS INDUSTRY LAW

Associates Law Firm provides legal counsel to the wine, beer and spirits industry across the world. From conceptual development to distribution, we work with you to advance the development of your vineyard, winery, brewery or distillery by combining expertise from our versatile and experience Associates Law Firm’s broad range of practice areas to customize our legal services to your needs. Whether you own hundreds of acres or produce just a few hundred cases or bottles every year, we can handle your work with experience and confidence.

Our wine, beer, and spirits industry attorneys are highly qualified to handle issues pertaining to land acquisition and zone changes, employment issues such as migrant worker issues and employment agreements, and business needs such as entity formation, trademarks, licensing, and permits and sale contracts. At Associates Law Firm, we recognize that wineries, vineyards, breweries, and distilleries are often family-owned businesses. Therefore, we also offer services from our business succession practice group so that the owners of those businesses may smoothly transition the business from one generation to the next. We understand that the Local, State, Federal, and International wine, beer, and spirits industry is built on passion, ingenuity, and hard work.

Our wide range of experience in the (Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Practices) includes:

At Associates Law Firm, our experienced and expert attorneys utilize their expertise in the following areas of law to help you grow your business:

1. COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law

   1. Contracts and business disputes
   2. Entity selection and formation
   3. OLCC licenses and permits
   4. Private investment offerings

2. ESTATE PLANNING Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law

   1. Business succession planning
   2. Tax planning
   3. Valuation of assets

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) Industry Law

   1. Copyright protection
   2. Licensing
   3. Marketing and distribution
   4. Regulatory compliance
   5. Trademarks
   6. Trade secrets protection

4. LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law

   1. Compliance with anti-discrimination, privacy, and employee benefit regulations
   2. Employment agreements
   3. Employee handbooks and guidelines
   4. Employment litigation for employers
   5. Wage and hour issues for employers

5. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law

   1. Acquisitions and sales
   2. Commercial use approvals
   3. Land acquisition
   4. Zone change and partitions
   5. Environmental compliance
   6. Real estate development
   7. Land use
   8. Leases

6. TAX & ACCOUNTING Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law

   1. Accounting and inventory methods
   2. Income taxation
   3. Real estate development
   4. Land use
   5. State, Federal, and International sales/Use tax

Questions Regarding This Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law?

If you have any questions or enquiries regarding this Winery, Beer, & Spirits Industry Law or have any need or request for our professional and expert legal services, please send us an email to: enquiry@associatelawfirm.com or contact us .