Michael Rosenblum is a versatile attorney with broad experience advising emerging companies and other businesses on corporate, transactional and regulatory matters.
Michael’s practice encompasses a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and financing transactions. He provides strategic counsel to emerging and high-growth companies, helping them solve problems and achieve goals efficiently.
Michael is co-chair of the firm’s cannabis practice and was previously general counsel at STIIIZY, the nation’s top-selling cannabis brand. Before joining Thompson Coburn, he served as in-house counsel at Goldman Sachs in New York. From his robust in-house experience, Michael recognizes the importance of providing exceptional legal service, and his clients value his practical, entrepreneurial approach.
Michael’s transactional experience is highly regarded, especially in the M&A arena. He has negotiated and closed individual transactions valued in the hundreds of millions and collectively at more than $2 billion. Michael is adept at finding synergies between buyers and sellers and represents both sides. Overall, what he finds most rewarding is working with visionary companies and people who are doing something special in their space.
“Few attorneys can match Michael Rosenblum’s caliber of experience in corporate law, particularly in the cannabis space.”
Los Angeles Business Journal “Top 100 Lawyers 2024″
- Los Angeles Business Journal Top 100 Lawyers, 2024
- Los Angeles Business Journal Corporate Counsel Award, 2022
- Listed in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for Venture Capital Law in Los Angeles, California, 2021 (by BL Rankings)
- Interviewed, “DEA’s Call For Public Input On Cannabis Garnered 42,000 Comments: Majority Want Total Legalization or Rescheduling”
Benzinga, July 24, 2024 - Interviewed, “Timing Guidance Tops Cannabis Advisers’ Rescheduling Wish List”
Tax Notes, June 3, 2024 - Interviewed, “Cannabis Advocates Say DEA’s Move Represents ‘Progress But Not Justice,’ Ends War on Medical Marijuana Patients, But Not War On Drugs”
Benzinga, May 1, 2024 - Interviewed, “Cannabis change will slash federal tax take”
Daily Journal, April 30, 2024 - Interviewed, “Cannabis Net Lease Offers Potentially High Risk to Landlords”
ALM GlobeSt.com, April 22, 2024 - Interviewed, “Could cannabis banking see reform this year? Plus: The accountant shortage hits regulatory filings, Visa and Mastercard reach a landmark settlement”
The Finance Files, April 11, 2024 - “Cannabis Banking Bill Uncertainty May Actually Be a Blessing”
Law360, January 8, 2024 - “Unveiling the pitfalls of proposed cannabis rescheduling and banking protections”
Daily Journal, January 5, 2024 - Interviewed, “10 Best States for Cannabis Businesses Ranked by Legal Experts, The Winner Will Surprise You”
Benzinga, December 12, 2023 - Interviewed, “How Does Cannabis Reclassification To Schedule III Differ From De-Scheduling & What Is Ideal Reform? Legal Expert Explains”
Benzinga, December 6, 2023 - Contributor, “How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally”
NPR “Planet Money” Podcast, November 29, 2023 - “California Cannabis Delivery Case May Bring Black-Market Growth”
Law360, July 2, 2020 - “Cannabis at Work: What California Employers Need to Know”
Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 19, 2017 - “Hazy Outlook for Legislation Protecting Medical Cannabis”
Law360, October 3, 2017 - “LA Leads the Way with Draft Commercial Cannabis Regs”
Law360, July 11, 2017 - “Why Medical Marijuana Delivery May Soon Be Legal in LA”
Law360, April 28, 2017 - “Clearing the Smoke Around the Farr-Rohrabacher Amendment”
Law360, March 10, 2015
- “An Overview of the Cannabis Legal Landscape”
Association of Corporate Counsel St. Louis CLE, September 2020 - “The Pot Thickens: How to Create a Successful Cannabis Business in California”
webinar, October 2017
Raising young twins, coaching children’s sports and following the fortunes of the Los Angeles Dodgers keep me busy outside of the office. I have also run several marathons and hope to run more. Other than that, vacationing in Michigan, where I went to college, and enjoying Laguna Beach are family favorites.