Whether you are launching your business and need help organizing your entity, or you have been in business for years, we will help you navigate the complexities of corporate law.

Formation and Structuring Advice: We help entrepreneurs agree on appropriate entity and ownership structures and draft smart documents that anticipate the major events that businesses confront as they grow and evolve.

General Corporate Maintenance: For many entities, regular review and maintenance of corporate matters can positively influence business outcomes. Let us review your situation and help ensure that you are set for success.

Lease and Contract Review: Let us help you complete transactions that promote stability and growth for your organization.

Joint Ventures: You have met the perfect partner; let us help you negotiate the terms of a win-win relationship.

Dissolution and Winding Up: If it is time to close your business, come to us to ensure that it is done properly and efficiently.

We have successfully negotiated dozens of mergers, buyouts and acquisitions. Whether you are a buyer looking for help structuring a term sheet, a seller worried about the terms of the acquisition agreement or an individual founder or shareholder seeking to ensure that you are treated fairly in the process, we can help.

Representative transactions include:

• Acquisition of several small business ISPs for Verio, Inc.
• Clorox acquisition of First Brands ($2 Billion)
• Fujitsu tender offer for Amdahl computers ($1.4 Billion)
• Campari acquisition of a majority stake in Skyy Spirits
• Frank Russell Company sale to Northwestern Mutual
• Digimarc Corporation's $60 million strategic investment by Macrovision and Philips

We have successfully negotiated dozens of venture capital transactions. From bridge loans to top tier VC preferred financing, we can help you sort through which terms you should care about and the best ways to complete a speedy and successful transaction.

We have worked on a wide variety of technology transactions, and have negotiated on behalf of, and against, some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Intel, Microsoft, HP, Matsushita, Fujitsu, Maxtor, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Philips and many others. We have amassed a client portfolio ranging from local start-ups to mature software companies with complex and wide-ranging licensing needs.

Your company, products and services are known by your brand names. Your reputation in the marketplace is one of your most valuable assets. As your business grows, you may discover that you cannot even use your own brand name in a new territory. Changing your brand is expensive and time consuming.

In many cases, you can protect your brands nationwide for a relatively small amount of money. Protecting your brand through trademark registrations may be the single most important intellectual property protection you can secure.