About Me
Janet Jackim, who received the AV-Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, focuses on real estate acquisitions and leasing; equity and debt financing; loan workouts; and cannabis acquisitions, dispositions, and other deals. Ms. Jackim supplements her legal insight with advanced technical, operational and financial acumen particular to the cannabis industry. Her problem-solving creativity aids in resolving complex issues for her rapidly-expanding cannabis clients.
Ms. Jackim is particularly well-versed in the cannabis space. She has handled the acquisition of cannabis operations across the nation. She has also represented cannabis clients in relation to cannabis dispensary certificate applications, buyout transactions, business restructuring, and partner dispute resolution. Ms. Jackim’s cannabis clients include multistate operators, dispensaries, producers, cultivators, investors, lenders, landlords, tenants, and vendors.
Ms. Jackim serves on the Board of Directors of Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce; on the Legal Committee of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML); as Secretary of the Arizona Cannabis Bar Association; and, until recently, was a Co-Chair of the Meritas Cannabis Practice Steering Committee of North America, working with law firm affiliates across the United States.
Representative Transactions
Represented an acquirer and its affiliates in a series of transactions for the takeover of a medical cannabis dispensary and its cultivation facility, kitchen, and management team, obtaining the dispensary’s emergence from a receivership, prosecuting claims, favorably settling litigation, restructuring its debt, and negotiating new contracts.
Represented various out-of-state companies in their Arizona dispensary and cultivation facility acquisitions, including as to acquisition mechanics, cannabis regulatory issues, Department of Health Services transitions, and strategic planning.
Represented a medical cannabis dispensary in negotiating and documenting a complex commercial real estate lease for a medical marijuana dispensary site interrelated with a comprehensive cultivation subcontractor management agreement for the dispensary’s cultivation facility, resulting in the landlord’s substantial investment in the real estate for the benefit of the tenant-dispensary.
Represented a large real estate portfolio owner in its aggressive pre- and post-bankruptcy growth and turnaround. Built a strategic business plan for the company’s 25 geographic markets, requiring site-by-site analysis (financial, real estate/location demographics, and capex requirements). Led nationwide 50-person real estate sales staff and back-office administrative group of 100-200 employees for the purpose of selling 2,500 REOs, resulting in $100 million cash. Assessed company’s 6,000 real estate holdings (convenience stores, gas operations, office buildings, warehouses, vacant land and buildings, and speculative land deals) for profitabilitsee less
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Phoenix
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