On behalf of emerging companies and their owners, our legal services may include: 

• Preparing the corporate formation documents, so that the rights and duties that each owner owes to the company and to each other are clear and as the owners intend them to be

• Preparing and implementing key agreements and policies with employees, vendors, customers and business partners, which the company will be able to keep using as it grows

• Protecting the intellectual property of a technology start-up,  not only through registrations, but by aligning agreements with employees, contractors, partners and customers so that business assets are not unwittingly abandoned or devalued

Recent representative matters (please see our disclaimer) include: 

• We advised a platform software provider as it negotiated a series of multi-year license agreements with corporate end-users, mindful that the agreements would likely be scrutinized in the future by potential investors at Series A rounds. 

• We advised two owners and founders of a successful video production company who were at odds with the third owner and co-founder.  Among other things, we analyzed for them and advised on the advantages and disadvantages of a buy-sell arrangement with our clients as either buyers or sellers. 

• Over the course of many years, we worked with a data analytics company from the start-up phase through an eventual M&A transaction, providing throughout advice and assistance on contracts with employees, business partners, vendors and customers. 

• In advance of a corporate acquisition, we advised an association in due diligence reviews of multiple contracts. 

• Counsel new business owners on start-up considerations, teaming agreements for state and federal government contracting.