Bio

From Harvard University to New York University School of Law to a chic business residence in the Meatpacking District of NYC, Nicholas Giannuzzi is the Founder and Managing Partner of Giannuzzi Lewendon LLP. Founded in 2011, Giannuzzi Lewendon has since become the leading law firm for nearly 1,000 high-growth consumer brand companies in the natural, better-for-you food and beverage industry. The firm’s many clients include some of the industry’s most successful and fastest growing companies, such as Glaceau (creator of VitaminWater and SmartWater), Pirate’s Booty, Pretzel Crisps, Vita Coco, Siggi’s, WTRMLN WTR, Mamma Chia, Sir Kensington’s, Hint, Califia Farms, Krave, HappyBaby, Chameleon Cold Brew, Essentia, Rhythm Superfoods, Peeled, Runa, Oatmega, Sugarfina, Juice Press and many more. In addition to day-to-day legal services and guidance, Nick has assisted clients in over 500 financing transactions and nearly 50 exits to strategics and PE funds, including sales to Coke, Pepsi, Kellogg, Unilever, General Mills, Group Danone, Hershey’s, Hain Celestial, Amplify, Bacardi, White Wave and many other multi-national companies and large PE funds. In recent years Nick has assisted in the financing of beverage companies like Rebbl, Spindrift, Vital Proteins, Koia, Owl’s Brew and GEM&BOLT. He has overseen the acquisitions of RXBar by Kellogg, Chameleon Cold Brew by Nestle, Sir Kensington’s by Unilever, Siggi’s by Lactalis, Yucatan Foods to Landec, a majority stake in Terrafertil by Nestle, and a minority stake by Coke in BodyArmor. The firm is currently working on multiple sales transactions in the hundreds of millions of dollars with other food and beverage clients. Giannuzzi Lewendon has an unparalleled understanding of the industry and works tirelessly to serve its clients and to create positive relationships with all the investors, co-packers, distributors, brokers, acquirers, service providers and difference-makers throughout the industry so that we can share these relationships with our clients.