The Parent Co., a holding company fronted by rapper-turned-entrepreneur Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter focused on cannabis startups, has rolled out a new legal team.
Colin Brown and Judith Schvimmer, two veteran cannabis industry lawyers, have been named in-house legal leaders—Brown as chief legal officer and Schvimmer as U.S. general counsel, a Parent spokeswoman confirmed.
The lawyers “form the legal backbone of the Parent Co., an extremely well-capitalized firm that should be a formidable player in the increasingly active cannabis M&A landscape, in California and potentially beyond,” William Doran, a corporate lawyer who advised on the deal that formed Parent, said in ...