Bio

C. Kent May is a senior corporate lawyer who has directed legal services in corporate transactions for a wide range of domestic and international clients, including companies in manufacturing, chemicals, information technology, health care, and engineering industries. He also has longstanding engagements in the technology, services, mining, sports and entertainment, and retailing industries. Kent is a member of the firm’s Regulated Substances Group, a multidisciplinary team of lawyers and government affairs professionals who advise clients establishing and operating businesses involved in the financing, manufacturing, processing, distribution, marketing, and retail sale of marijuana for medical use where authorized by state law. He helps client navigate licensing and other complex legal and regulatory issues surrounding the fast-growing business of medical cannabis. An experienced manager, Kent was a member of Eckert Seaman’s executive committee for more than a decade and served as the firm’s managing partner, administrative partner, and corporate department chairman, among other roles. In four years as managing partner, he led the firm’s expansion into multiple cities.