Jesse Lyon
Founder, Partner, and Nationwide Co-Chair, Food + Beverage Industry Legal Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Role
- Founder, Partner, and Nationwide Co-chair, Food Beverage Industry Practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jesse Lyon
Don’t confuse lawyers who are foodies with experienced food business lawyers.With personal experience on my family\'s small farm, and a deeply focused legal career, I help food, beverage, alcohol, and agriculture companies and investors find and realize business opportunities and solve complex challenges. I advise high-growth, investor-backed emerging companies, middle market and family-owned businesses, and established global brands about strategically important decisions and transformational transactions including crop production and ingredient sourcing, manufacturing, supply chain relationships, wholesale and consumer products branding and distribution models, brand and plant variety intellectual property strategies, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic agreements.Specialties: Wine/Beer/Spirits, Food & Beverage, and Agribusiness industry mergers & acquisitions, supply chain transacitons, and strategic regulatory advice.I’m a first generation professional. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a big part of who DWT is, and I’m proud to serve as a member of the Portland Office DEI Committee and our nationwide Food + Beverage industry group’s JEDI initiatives.
Experience
Founder, Partner, and Nationwide Co-chair, Food Beverage Industry Practice
Jan 2006 — Present · Portland, OR, US
Business Transactions; Food + Beverage/New School Agriculture/Alcohol Suppliers
Education
Purdue University Daniels School of Business
M.S., Agricultural Economics
1992 — 1994
George Mason University
J.D., Business Law
1995 — 1998
Washington State University
B.S., Agricultural Economics
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Corporate Law
- Wine
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategy
- Joint Ventures
- Private Equity
- Food & Beverage
- Hospitality
- Estate Planning
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Trade Secrets
- Corporate Governance
- Licensing
- Legal Writing
- Mergers
- Contract Negotiation
- Kicking Ass
- Management
- Business Development
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing
- Leadership
- New Business Development
- Marketing Strategy
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