Corporate and M&A
Many of our clients retain us to act as their “outsourced in-house counsel.” This arrangement has three principal benefits: (i) we develop an in-depth familiarity with your business, culture and legal needs; (ii) we maintain a long-term relationship, which facilitates efficiency of service (with no additional employee headcount); and (iii) we become an integral part of your management team.
The specific corporate and M&A services we provide include:
- Startup counseling;
- Formation of corporations, LLC’s and other entities, and preparation of related documentation;
- Founders’ agreements, operating agreements and related agreements;
- Employment and consulting agreements;
- Stock option plans and agreements;
- Commercial contracts, including services agreements, partnering agreements, vendor/supplier agreements and reseller agreements;
- Structuring of equity ownership, including vesting issues;
- Corporate governance, including board of director matters and stockholders’/voting agreements;
- Mergers & acquisitions;
- Financings;
- Debt transactions;
- Strategic alliances, joint ventures, outsourcing and other partnering transactions;
- Acquisitions of specified assets;
- Restructurings and recapitalizations;
- Shareholders and board of directors composition, operation, and other corporate governance matters;
- Establishment and operation of corporation;;
- Advice on management right dispute;
- Investments; and
- Others