Sahil Malhotra

Sahil Malhotra is a Illinois attorney whose practice includes cannabis and marijuana law, based in Chicago. With 3 years since admission, Malhotra is a graduate of University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. The listing also shows work in brand and trademark strategy for cannabis products that cannot be registered federally, company structuring, shareholder arrangements and sale or transfer of licensed businesses and intellectual property, including brand and plant-variety questions that federal illegality complicates.

Illinois runs a licensed adult-use market alongside its medical program, and the practical legal issues are licensing, ownership, advertising limits and the enforcement that follows any lapse in compliance. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation administers the state program. Illinois stands out as a market where licensing has run through lotteries and social equity criteria, producing a steady stream of application and ownership disputes.