Practice Areas

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Business and Commercial Law

We offer strategic expertise on a broad range of business and commercial issues, arrangements and transactions, including expertise on structuring, negotiating and drafting the contracts for domestic and international transactions and arrangements.   Our extensive expertise includes the following: 

• Services agreement

• Outsourcing arrangements

• Non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreements

• Consultants and professional services contracts

• Buy-sell, supply, requirements, distributor and sales agent arrangements

• Advertising arrangements

 

Corporate Law

We assist companies with the range of issues that arise in launching a new business and managing existing businesses, including:

• Choosing and organizing an appropriate legal entity

• Advising on capital structure

• Founders agreements

• Shareholder, partnership and operating agreements

• Financing arrangements

• Shareholder disputes

• Employment, independent contractor and incentive/equity compensation arrangements

• Formation, operation, restructuring, governance, modification and termination of strategic alliances, collaborative efforts and joint ventures

 

Intellectual Property

• We provide legal advice on intellectual property law issues, including overall intellectual property strategies, policies, procedures and systems for identification and protection of intellectual property, and strategies for dealing with licenses and disputes.

• Copyright and trademark registrations, protection and licensing

• Trade secret protection

• Stock media licensing

• Production agreements

• IP disputes

 

IP and Tech-Centric Businesses

• We have extensive experience acting as outside general counsel for start-up and later-stage IP and tech-centric businesses.

• We act as legal counsel for a range of companies on how to manage legal risk and obtain the maximum benefit from business and corporate arrangements. 

• We provide advice on their entity structure, financing arrangements, staffing and business arrangements.

• We represent these businesses when they are faced with all sorts of legal issues. 

• We assist companies in managing other legal counsel which provide specialized or foreign services.

 

Privacy Law

We provide guidance and assistance to companies and institutions dealing with the serious privacy issues that have arisen with the increasing ubiquity of the internet, social media and mobile devices, including the following:

• Compliance with new and existing privacy laws

• Preparation of privacy policies

• Minimizing risk of and managing risk of data breaches

 

Technology Contracts and Transactions

We offer strategic expertise on a broad range of domestic and international technology transactions, including expertise on structuring, negotiating and drafting the contracts.   Our expertise includes the following: 

• Software development, transfers, licensing and maintenance

• Technical services

• Hardware acquisition and maintenance

• Technical support for medical/pharmaceutical trials

• Electronic trading and routing systems initiatives, including direct market access and quantitative trading platforms and systems

• Data and index licenses

• SAAS/ASP/hosting services

• Website, social media and e-commerce agreements, terms and disclaimers

• Data center and disaster recovery services