James Rieger
Board Member
James Rieger is a partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York, NY, and the founder and Co-Chair of its Cannabis Industry Practice Group. Tannenbaum Helpern is a 40 year old general practice law firm centered on providing solutions to entrepreneurs, investors and institutions. James has over 25 years' experience with a broad corporate and securities law practice, with a focus on the cannabis industry, and represents public and private companies, hedge funds, merchant banks, private equity funds, exchange traded funds, venture capital funds, investment banks, underwriters, and private investors in many types of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, mergers, acquisitions, fund formation, activist investments, restructurings and divestitures of assets and divisions. James is a past Chairman of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. James is a contributor to Bloomberg Law’s cannabis page and is a frequent lecturer and author on cannabis-related matters. James is a member of the Board of Directors of Cannabis Hemp Networking Association of New York. James is a member of numerous cannabis industry organizations. Representative cannabis clients include JW Asset Management, Navy Capital, Measure8 Ventures, and TerrrAscend Corporation.