Overview
Troy Kaplan is Of Counsel at Feuerstein Kulick LLP, where he supportsthe firm’s licensing, regulatory affairs, compliance, corporate andtransactional practices.
Troy’s career as an attorney and consultant in highly regulated,high risk and complex industries and emerging markets spans over 15 years. He thriveswhere nimbleness, execution and out-of-the-box strategies are key to success.He is perhaps best known as one of the first, and most decorated, cannabislicense application consultants in the world, having quarterbacked countless strategicpursuits soup-to-nuts on behalf of sophisticated applicants, boasting hundredsof wins nationally and internationally in the most competitive merit-basedprocesses in the industry, including several top scores and other accolades. Hisclients include companies that became some of the largest and most revered multi-stateoperators (MSOs) due in large part to his relentless work ethic, thoughtful yetaggressive approach to problem solving and pragmatic insights.
As legal counsel and a business consultant,Troy has developed expertise in new market pursuits, strategic growth, mergersand acquisitions, go-public and other exit strategies, corporate governance,partnership matters, deal making, marketing and branding, regulatory andoperational compliance, drafting laws and regulations, and drafting compliant standardoperating procedures and related matters. During his career, Troy expanded his knowledgebeyond cannabis and into other highly regulated, high risk and complex mattersincluding health care, private equity, alcohol, gaming, estate planning and realestate. Troy has sat on numerous for-profit and non-profit Boards including asChairman, served as a partner and corporate advisor to a private equity fund, servedas an expert witness at trial, presented at numerous CLE events and trade events,helped found several state-based trade associations, served as an inauguralmember of a Native Tribe’s Cannabis Regulatory Division and produced a twoindependent films.
EDUCATION
Cornell University (BA 2004)
Rutgers University – Camden (JD/MBA 2008, Dean’s List & MagnaCum Laude, concentrations in Management, International Business andEntrepreneurship)
ADMISSIONS
California
New York
New Jersey
Florida (pending)