Most Likely to Be Your One Phone Call: Ryan Lewendon, Partner, Giannuzzi Lewendon, LLP
📞 Most Likely to Be Your One Phone Call: Ryan Lewendon, Partner, Giannuzzi Lewendon, LLP
From M&A to corporate negotiations – as well as an ace distributor contract – Giannuzzi Lewendon has been the go-to firm for emerging CPG brands for more than a decade. Over the past few years, Lewendon, who took the leap of faith to join founder Nick Giannuzzi in 2011, has gradually taken over more responsibility for the firm’s business, helping usher in a new tier of leadership as Giannuzzi focuses on investing. While Giannuzzi was the early voice of the firm, Lewendon was no less active and he’s clearly the leader now.
Well-connected through involvement in Naturally New York, New Hope, and personal and professional relationships that reflect both competence and friendliness, Lewendon continues to take the firm into the future. Notably, he’s become an expert in working with celebrity founders (an evolution of the firm’s seminal role in the celebrity investor movement; its founders helped to forge the now-iconic 50 Cent/Vitaminwater deal), while also continuing to share learnings about the business through a variety of speaking venues, ensuring the firm extends its high profile to the next generation.