VentureLawUSA.com -- Areas of Practice:
Our strategic focus is broad enough to meet fast-evolving companies' needs in the areas of:
Venture financing
Public offerings
Private equity and debt financing
Start-ups
Mergers and acquisitions
Management, ESOP and other leveraged buyouts
Intellectual property counseling
Corporate partnering and licensing
Broker-dealer, NASD, securities law and other regulatory compliance
Executive compensation
Entrepreneur and start-up representation
advice and counsel on the effective use of corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships; initial organization and governance;
review of business plans to ensure that necessary issues have been thought through
provide the necessary access to and credibility with venture capital firms
secure proper rights to their technology
develop and negotiate agreements for technology development licensing and distribution issues that arise with joint ventures and strategic partnerships
Representation for growth and mature companies
early-stage capitalization, raising follow-on debt and equity capital through bonds, intermediate term notes, commercial paper and asset-backed securities
define and structure stock and other equity plans and arrangements for executive compensation and employee benefit programs
acquisitions to achieve critical mass, new products, or shareholder liquidity
audits to ensure that selling companies have taken the necessary steps to obtain exclusive rights to its technology
dispositions, stock and cash mergers and joint ventures, debt domestic and international transactions, contractual relationships
bankruptcy and reorganization
skilled at pooling of interest and structuring transactions to obtain most favorable tax treatment
cash tender offers, sales and purchases of assets, corporate restructurings
Public securities representation
represent issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities, including initial public offerings
representation to U.S. and foreign public companies traded on NASDAQ and the principal U.S. stock exchanges
drafting SEC-compliant disclosures
securities litigation on outstanding options and equity interests, short-swing trading restrictions, disposition of ERISA plan assets, effect of acquisitions on employee benefits
Rule 144A transactions to provide expedited access to capital
Intellectual property representation
register clients' trademarks and service marks both domestically and worldwide
development, licensing and protection of technology, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, trade secrets and other kinds of intellectual property |
