Hoban Law Group is the first U.S. based law firm to expand its cannabis industry services across the globe with attorneys in the European Union, Latin America, and beyond. With these resources, HLG builds out client portfolios within the global cannabis economy.
As a Global Cannabusiness Leader since 2009, HLG has been providing professional services to the cannabis industry, which is comprised of the international hemp and regulated marijuana marketplace.
We have gained international distinction for providing elite cannabis industry consulting and full-service legal solutions for our international clientele.
OUR PASSION
Our Expertise
Approximately half of our business flows from the industrial hemp side of the industry, and the other half from the regulated marijuana marketplace. These two sides of the industry present a different challenge and require unique legal expertise.
This has caused HLG to pivot and build out a team of experienced attorneys to handle each segment’s distinct legal needs.
OUR COMMITMENT
What Makes Us Different
With the depth of our industry experience, cutting edge business structure and team approach, we can provide the lowest billing rate to achieve the efficient goal of providing clients with high-quality professional services.
HLG has a distinct combination of legal skills and business acumen, to help our clients succeed in the extremely competitive global cannabis marketplace.
Because what we do is unique, we coined the term “cannabusiness” to aptly describe our practice. And because of what we do, who we are, and who we represent, HLG’s network is truly the largest cannabis industry network in the world.
As a result, we have been working with the industry’s leading brands, companies, and ancillary players for over a decade.
Donnie has dedicated more than a decade focusing his practice on business and legal advisory services to the expansive cannabis industry.
Utilizing his Wall Street investment banking experience, he advises major cannabis brands, celebrity brands, and publicly traded companies, including serving as a board member to multiple large cannabis operators. In the last two years alone, Donnie has been a strategic and legal advisor on more than $100 Million in cannabis transactions and mergers and acquisition activity, both domestic and internationally.
In addition to his corporate and transactional experience, Donnie has successfully litigated more than 100 cases throughout the United States and abroad, both within and without the cannabis industry, particularly focused on securities litigation, multi-district business and corporate disputes, intellectual property disputes, and patent infringement litigation.
Since 2015, Donnie has represented the nation’s largest marijuana banking financial institution, both as a legal and strategic business advisor. Donnie is currently the vice-chair of the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) Banking and Finance Committee, a lifetime member of the National Cannabis Bar Association, and was fortunate to be asked to author the legal chapter in the foremost authority on marijuana banking, Navigating Safe Harbor: Cannabis Banking in a Time of Uncertainty.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Banking and Finance
- Strategic Business Advice
LICENSED IN
- Colorado
Cannabis Advisory in Colorado
Hoban Law Corporate Office, 730 17th Street, Suite 420, Denver, 80202
- June 18, 2021: State-Specific Hemp & Marijuana Product Labelling Requirements
- September 11, 2019: IR Digital Podcast - Cannabusiness: How to navigate large-scale transactions in the rapidly growing cannabis market
- July 8, 2016: Hunsaker | Emmi, P.C. joins IR as the exclusive Marijuana Business Law Member in Colorado
