About the show
Janet E. Jackim
Janet Jackim is a former Vice President, Real Estate, and Assistant General
Counsel at The Circle K Corporation. A Best Lawyers in America® honoree, Janet brings big company business practices and legal skill to small and medium-sized businesses.
CANNABIS (MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND HEMP) BUSINESS ADVOCATE AND BODYGUARD For the past four years, Janet has focused her practice on advising businesses making their mark in the cannabis industry: dispensaries, farmers, cultivators, and producers; investors, partners and lenders; vendors; and landlords and tenants. During 2011-2013, Janet served as counsel to dispensary certificate applicants and thereafter was key to settling partner disputes, buyout transactions and restructuring businesses.
Her sound legal advice, coupled with advanced technical, operational and
financial business acumen, provides a robust representation in this emerging, rapidly changing industry. For industry leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators, Janet’s creativity is an added plus to analyzing and resolving the cannabis client’s issues.
As the industry grows and matures and Arizona and federal laws evolve, Janet stays current in assessing developments applicable to her clients and how they can adjust and realize upon presenting opportunities..
Matthew F. Winter
“I work hard to move complex deals to a successful conclusion, often on a
short fuse for closing. ‘Deal killer’ is not in my job description, and I believe
that protecting my clients’ legal interests and helping them achieve their
business goals are compatible objectives.”
A native Arizonan, Matt Winter has more than 25 years of experience in
counseling the owners of a wide range of closely held companies, financial
institutions and not-for-profit entities. His clients in complex business and
financial transactions benefit from Matt’s litigation experience, which helps him detect contract terms and provisions that could fuel future legal action.
Since 2015, Matt’s closed transactions include:
- $9.2 million purchase of 12 retail franchises
- $17.7 million stock sale of an Arizona community bank to a national bank holding company
- $12.6 million loan package – comprised of secured loans and revolving and non-revolving lines of credit for operations and equipment – to a group of obligors consisting of a primary borrower and its 14 affiliates
- $7.75 million purchase of a downtown Scottsdale office building and adjacent surface lot
- Asset purchases of two Phoenix-area restaurants for $980,000
- • $7.6 million stock sale of a communications company in a strategic acquisition financed by a call fund
Matt was the 2015-2016 chair of the Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl board of
directors and is a past chair of Ryan House, which provides respite and palliativecare for children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
Matt, his wife and their two sons live in central Phoenix. He is a college sports fanatic and an avid reader of Civil War history.
Lisa Riley
Owner and designated broker of Link Business Phoenix
President of the AZ Business broker Association and board member of International Business Brokers Association