From choosing a form of entity and incorporating, to connecting you with potential investors and team members, we are there from the start, helping entrepreneurs start and grow the next generation of great companies. We are particularly sensitive to the capital constraints, uncertainty and special challenges that our entrepreneurial clients face. We have developed several flexible and creative fee structures that we can use with our startup clients to make sure that important legal needs are met when company resources limited, and our vast experience working with startup companies allows us to deliver our services very efficiently. We have developed a number of flexible billing arrangements that we use in appropriate circumstances for many of the typical services that our startup clients need, including fixed fees and deferral arrangements where warranted by the circumstances; please contact us for more information.
Getting started: choosing the right structure from the outset
At the outset, we can help start-up companies to select business and capital formation structures that are right for their futures. We provide entrepreneurs with advice and documentation to help them establish the entity that is right for their situation, taking into account their future capital needs, growth plans, tax and liability issues, and management/ownership structures. We have experience with all forms of legal entity, including corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and joint ventures.
To learn more about which type of entity is right for you, go to our blog, check out Ask the Startup Lawyers, or just drop us a line.
Making connections: sometimes, it really is about who you know
We believe that our extensive contacts among angel and venture investors, financial institutions, emerging companies and leading industry organizations permit us to provide substantial added value beyond legal services, whether through contacts and introductions or simple awareness of how another party to a transaction thinks. We also strive to understand each client's business goals and challenges in order to best use our experience to add value to the enterprise.
We also believe that the many networking events we host at the EEC give entrepreneurs an enormous opportunity to meet and connect with potential team members, investors and business partners.
Supporting your growth
Our experience in representing companies at all stages of development allows us to help guide entrepreneurs and startup companies from initial idea to large-scale success. We can handle intellectual property protection and acquisition, equity incentive plans and other employment law issues, domestic and international technology licensing, government permitting, public offerings and securities law issues, as well as the financing, mergers and acquisitions and litigation needs associated with a young, but growing companies.