Ann-Cathrin Bergstedt
Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
Ann-Cathrin advises clients from the pharmaceutical, medical devices and food industry on all legal matters concerning the development, manufacturing and marketing of their products, in particular in regulatory, advertising, and distribution matters.
Nathalie Bougenies
Hemp CBD Attorney
Harris Bricken
Nathalie chairs the hemp CBD practice group and focuses her practice on health and wellness, in addition to corporate transactions and regulatory compliance. She enjoys building a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, industries, and long-term visions, and leverages her broad expertise and international background to help our overseas companies with their foreign direct investment into the United States and to help American companies with their overseas legal needs. Nathalie grew up in Belgium and much of her hemp CBD practice involves transactions between the United States and Europe.
Hilary Bricken
Partner
Harris Bricken
Hilary is a partner at Harris Bricken in its Los Angeles office. Licensed in California, Washington, and Florida, she is one of the premier cannabis business and regulatory attorneys in the United States. As chair of Harris Bricken’s Regulated Substances practice group, Hilary helps cannabis companies of all sizes with their corporate, transactional, and regulatory legal issues.
Ingmar Dathe
Director of Legal Affairs
Sanity Group
Ingmar is Director of Legal at Sanity Group. Since 2018, Sanity Group has grown from a small start-up in a tiny apartment in Berlin to one of the best financed European cannabis companies focusing on research, production and/or retail of pharmaceuticals and well-being products. As Director of Legal, Ingmar is responsible for all legal aspects of the business, from managing the legal of financing rounds to regulatory and compliance questions. Before joining Sanity Group, Ingmar gained professional experience at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Volkswagen start-up MOIA.
Gregory Koory
Foreign Lawyer
Clifford Chance
Greg is a US-qualified Foreign Attorney at Clifford Chance in Germany and works on all aspects of cross-border M&A and global reorganizations. Greg previously worked for the US Federal Government, including for the US Department of Justice's Consumer Protection Branch supporting civil and criminal prosecutions and investigations in enforcing the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and other consumer protection statutes.
Matt Leeth
EVP, Co-Head of Legal Affairs
Jushi
Matt is EVP and Co-Head of Legal Affairs at Jushi. Since 2018, Jushi has grown from a small start-up with four founders to a publicly traded multi-state operator (CSE:JUSH) with cultivation, production and/or retail operations across eight states. Matt has been with Jushi since its inception (2018) and oversees all aspects of legal affairs at Jushi, including mergers, acquisitions, and cannabis compliance in the states Jushi operates or will operate within. Before joining Jushi, Matt served as General Counsel at The Green Solution, one of Colorado’s largest cannabis companies, which was later sold to Columbia Care Inc..
Mustapha Mourahib
Partner
Clifford Chance
Mustapha is Co-Head of Clifford Chance’s Africa Practice, based in Casablanca, Morocco. Mustapha has over 20 years' experience in large-scale cross-border M&A and Private Equity, Banking, Capital Markets, PPP, and Project Finance transactions. He focuses on the consumer goods and retail, pharma, infrastructure, and energy/renewables sectors.
Stephen Reese
Partner
Clifford Chance
Stephen is co-head of our London IP practice and advises on the strategy and the protection, exploitation and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He has significant experience advising clients across the healthcare and life sciences industry and has become one of the UK’s leading advisors on the recent developments in the use of cannabis and CBD.
Frederic Rocafort
International Business Attorney
Harris Bricken
Fred advises cannabis businesses on intellectual property and import/export issues, as well as on their cross-border expansion. In addition, he is a strong advocate of legalization initiatives at a global level, particularly in emerging economies.
Ella Rosenberg
Legal Counsel
ICSID - World Bank Group
Ella is a legal counsel at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an organization of the World Bank Group and the leading global institution for the resolution of investment disputes through conciliation and arbitration proceedings. Prior to ICSID, Ella worked as an attorney in the international arbitration department of Dechert, in Paris, France, handling both commercial and investment arbitrations.
Prior to working at ICSID, she worked as an attorney in the international arbitration department of Dechert LLP, in Paris, France. Ms. Rosenberg handled both commercial and investment arbitrations.
Ms. Rosenberg holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, a Masters in law from Université Paris I Sorbonne and an LLM from Cornell Law School. She is licensed to practice law in New York and in Paris and speaks English, French and Hebrew.
Rodolphe Ruffié
Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
Rodolphe is a member of Clifford Chance's International Arbitration Group. He is admitted in the US (New York, Washington state), Western Australia, and New Zealand. Rodolphe has been involved in cannabis regulatory and dispute matters since 2014. His dispute resolution expertise covers both license-based and politically sensitive industries globally.
Gunnar Sachs
Partner
Clifford Chance
Gunnar is a core member of Clifford Chance's global Healthcare & Life Sciences sector group. Moreover, he is the Africa Practice Leader for Healthcare & Life Sciences, with longstanding experience in advising clients on the legal and regulatory framework for cannabis and cannabis-based products, with a particular focus on European market regulation.