Laura is an award-winning attorney and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the cannabis industry. As a partner and co-founder of Bianchi & Brandt, she offers strategic guidance to a diverse range of clients, from individuals and start-ups to large public and private enterprises. Laura assists applicants, license holders, and ancillary service providers through all stages of business growth and development, including license application, launch, expansion, acquisition, and exit.

With extensive knowledge and experience in mergers and acquisitions, Laura serves clients nationally and internationally with a proven track record of successfully closing deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars. She provides fractional management solutions, crisis management, and cannabis ADR services, and acts as outside general counsel for numerous clients. Additionally, Laura offers expert testimony and advisory services to counsel across the US on complex corporate and litigation cannabis matters. Her holistic, integrated business approach ensures beginning-to-end solutions that minimize risk and maximize growth and long-term success.

Laura has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 Attorneys in Arizona” by AZ BIG Media, “Women Leaders of the Cannabis Industry” by Authority Magazine, and “30 Most Powerful Women in Arizona Cannabis” by AZ BIG Media. She has also been named a “Trendsetter to Know” by Arizona Foothills Magazine. Laura has been quoted in prominent national media outlets such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Benzinga, and O Magazine, and featured as a cannabis expert in Marijuana Business Daily, Marijuana Venture, Cannabis Industry Journal, mg Magazine, DOPE Magazine, Green Entrepreneur, Arizona Attorney Magazine, Denver Post, Arizona Republic, Arizona Business Magazine, Phoenix Business Journal, and other industry and traditional media sources. Recently, Laura was awarded a Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year category by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.