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Counseled tribe on a $39 million construction loan facility for expansion of a gaming and hotel property.
Counseled tribe on a $500 million revolving credit facility.
Counseled tribe on an $8.5 million construction loan facility for sewer system.
Counseled bank on a loan to tribal enterprise secured by specified tax revenues.
Counseled a Michigan tribe on entering lease with a commercial cannabis tenant on the tribe’s lands, including handling negotiations with the state, revisions to tribal code, lease review, and other compliance issues.
Coauthored Washington State House Bill 2000, which authorized the state to enter into cannabis compacts with Washington tribes. Lobbied for passage of the bill, worked on drafts and amendments of the bill with tribal and state staff.
Coauthored Washington’s inaugural tribal-state cannabis compact, and subsequent other cannabis compacts in Washington.
Counseled numerous tribal clients on cannabis implementation, including entity and regulatory structure, tribal cannabis codes, formation documents for commercial cannabis entities, banking and credit relationships, vendor contracts, and other regulatory and transactional issues related to tribal cannabis activities.