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Farella Braun + Martel Represents ACE Cider in its Sale to Vintage Wine Estates

November 16, 2021 Announcement

Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel represented ACE Cider, The California Cider Company, the top independently owned hard cider brand in the U.S., in its sale to Vintage Wine Estates, Inc.

Sebastopol, California-based ACE Cider produces nearly 90,000 barrels of cider annually. Read more about the transaction here

The multidisciplinary wine industry Farella deal team was led by business transactions partner Karen Yuen with assistance from special counsel Nate Garhart on trademark issues, employment partner Holly Sutton, and tax partners Said Kordestani and Julie Treppa.

Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Clients seek our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.

Contact:
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433 / [email protected]

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