Riley Lagesen is a lawyer at Greenberg Traurig law firm in Portland. Riley has deep restaurant finance and development experience, and he is also well-connected in restaurant and food policy circles, leading efforts to create greater public access to real food, among other things.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic growth with the opening of a Portland, Oregon office, including a team of attorneys who represent some of the nation’s most well-known restaurant brands, investors, and culinary talent.
Portland, OR (PRWEB) February 01, 2022 Coming off the most successful revenue year in the firm’s history, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues
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In March 2020, Sean Kennedy recognized COVID-19’s arrival as a “shattering moment for the industry.” The National Restaurant Association’s EVP of public affairs crunched numbers as officials warned against dining out, and then, piece-by-piece, mandated lockdowns across the country.
There was little time for a pipe dream. Kennedy penned a March 18 letter to Congressional leadership saying the Association anticipated sales to plunge by $225 billion over the next three months, with five to seven million jobs gone. Also, an immediate economic impact of $675 billion, given every dollar spent in restaurants generates an additional $2 elsewhere in the national economy.