Are you a first-time or serial entrepreneur with a start-up idea? Are you going to blogs for legal advice? Do you have a small business and need advice on an acquisition or joint venture? Are you hiring consultants or employees; and do you need help drafting or preparing an agreement? Drafting or negotiating a contract? Looking to raise capital by issuing shares? Need help with due diligence in making an angel investment?
Why Our Lawyers are Different
Our hallmarks for our emerging company clients: depth of knowledge and experience in a wide range of matters and a customer-friendly service-orientation. We don’t just put documents together for our clients; we explain and give options and advise against common pitfalls and how to manage clients’ legal spend. We focus on providing practical legal advice, assistance with professional introductions and adding value every step of the way.
Wide Depth and Breadth of Experience
We have experience representing a diverse group of clients in this area in different stages of development, including emerging companies seeking to grow their business and formalize business operations, as well as angel investors, strategic partners and venture capital funds.
Broad Cross-Industry Knowledge
We have also represented start-ups in social media and design consultancies, financial technology, software development, an amateur sports league, database providers, hedge funds, private equity funds, fashion retailing, search engine, video gaming and publishing.
Client Profiles
We represent companies of all shapes and sizes, but the core of our practice involves servicing niche technology and bricks-and-mortar companies, small-scale enterprises and middle market companies — and the investors who favor them:
- We advise entrepreneurs and smaller companies on their legal needs, including formation and structuring, structuring financing rounds, advising strategic partnerships and joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and liquidity/exit events.
- We represent issuers and investors in seed round and preferred equity round venture capital financings and due diligence.
- We also work with companies in transition with departures of key founders and agreements with new strategic equity partners.
- We represent companies and individuals in professional separations and terminations.
- We represent co-founders and key strategic partners negotiating for equity.
Legal Documents and Filings
In each step of our clients’ life cycles, we are the lawyers who draft and negotiate the legal documents, sharing our professional judgment and advice with respect to:
- LLC operating agreements and partnership agreements.
- Trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property matters and licensing agreements.
- Non-disclosure agreements, trade secret protection and intellectual property assignment.
- Tax advice and deferred compensation arrangements.
- Stockholder agreements and investor rights agreements.
- Structuring Stock incentive plans and equity compensation matters.
- Federal and state securities law filings.
- Commercial contracts with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
- Website and technology agreements.
- Employment and consulting agreements and equity compensation agreements.
- Private placement memorandum and offering materials and related regulatory filings.
- Public company registration statements and ’34 Act filings.