SPEAKER

Ilya Ross Corporate Development and Legal

Trade Roots

BIO

Ilya Ross works exclusively with cannabis clients, providing legal solutions to a wide array of business and compliance needs. He specializes in public and private financing, corporate governance, securities law compliance, and acquisitions/strategic partnerships. He has assisted cannabis issuers ranging from start-ups to multi-state operators (and everything in between) in structuring complex transactions for regulatory compliance, multi-state application, and growth opportunities.

Ross first began his practice of cannabis law in Massachusetts, where he worked on and structured some of the first multi-state transactions in the Northeast. Before that, he spent over 10 years as a capital markets attorney in the life sciences, emerging technologies and entertainment industries. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School. 

Ross’ passion and commitment to the industry extends to a desire to inform the future of cannabis success stories. He regularly sits on panels, instructs CLEs on the subject and has guest lectured the Cannabis Law course at Boston University School of Law.