Our Practices
Capital Markets
We assist corporate clients in selecting corporate financing options. In addition, we represent venture capital and private equity firms in all investment stages.
We provide our clients with legal and strategic advice on structuring, negotiating and executing equity and debt capital-raising transactions, including:
Public offerings such as initial public offerings, secondary offerings, shelf offerings, and exchange offers;
Private offerings of equity and debt securities, such as high yield bond offerings and Regulation D and Regulation S offerings; and
Cross-border financings.
We draft or review SEC filings, including: forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K, proxy statements, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G and Section 16 reporting. We advise public companies on federal and state securities law compliance and disclosure requirements. We provide public company officers and directors guidance on fiduciary duties and counsel clients on special committees.
We advise clients on debt covenant compliance.
Our attorneys have managed debt financing transactions at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (ranked #1 law firm nationally) and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Ranked #8 law firm nationally) and in senior inhouse roles at publicly listed companies.
Our flexible fee structure, such as fixed fees for certain transactions and filings, makes our capital markets services accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our attorneys have earned a reputation as practical and strategic deal closers. Our attorneys lead and complete transactions for public and private companies on the buy-side and sell-side. We provide advice on deal structuring and negotiations based on our client’s individual objectives and circumstances and intelligence on the current M&A market. Our Head of Corporate worked in the M&A practices of two top-five law firms as ranked nationally.
We work collaboratively with in-house management and coordinate efforts with clients’ investment bankers, local and foreign counsel, accounting firms and other advisers. We leverage our deep intellectual property expertise in transactions involving substantial intellectual property assets. We partner with our multidisciplinary team of attorneys at our sister boutique firms to offer government contracts, tax, employee benefits, environmental, regulatory, and antitrust expertise. We assist our sell-side clients to line up their “ducks in a row” prior to buyer due diligence to reduce the risk of surprises that would terminate or slow down the transaction.
We are equally experienced with domestic and cross-border transactions. We often represent foreign companies seeking to acquire U.S. businesses or assets and have deep experience training foreign executives on key strategic and legal matters relating to M&A deals in the United States.
We have handled M&A transactions in multiple sectors including technology, life sciences, biotech, government contracting, waste management, manufacturing, cosmetics, banking, aerospace, software, insurance, energy, retail, financial services and automotive.
Our business model is to provide high quality legal services at a value proposition that makes sense for small and medium-sized companies.
Corporate Tax
Our transaction team advises companies and investors on tax matters relating to corporate financings, M&A deals, corporate structurings and commercial transactions. Our team works with our clients and their accountants to implement strategies designed for tax-efficient outcomes with our client’s business goals in mind.
Patent Prosecution and Portfolio Management
Empower your innovation journey. Our transaction team streamlines the patent process, offering tailored strategies, comprehensive portfolio management, and global reach. We navigate the complexities, ensuring your patents are strategically crafted, portfolios optimized, and global protection secured. Trust our experienced patent attorneys to elevate your intellectual property, delivering confidence and value for your innovations.
Trademark and Copyright
Rely on our transaction team to fortify your brand's distinctiveness through seamless trademark services. Our Trademark and Copyright team are commited to your confidence. Corporate clients entrust us with safeguarding their creative legacy through copyright protection, ensuring their intellectual property remains secure.
Corporate Executive Compensation and Counseling
We regularly represent executives and other senior employees and employers in employment matters. We advise clients on non-cash compensation strategies. We draft and/or negotiate executive employment agreements, non-compete agreements, severance agreements and management equity plans.
We advise executives and employers regarding rights and strategies in employment disputes with a view at achieving the client’s desired outcome based on the factual circumstance.
Data Privacy & Data Security
Data is the new gold. Managing customer and employee personal information is critical to many businesses. Violating data privacy laws could result in significant legal exposure and reputational harm.
We provide practical, business-minded advice to clients on compliance with domestic and EU data privacy regulations. We draft data privacy policies and train our client’s employees on practical protocols for handling sensitive information. We also negotiate data privacy and data security provisions in commercial agreements.
Our attorneys have drafted clients’ privacy policies for ecommerce businesses selling to consumers and business across the United States, including California, and in over 20 foreign jurisdictions.
Our business model is to provide high quality data privacy and data security counsel at a value proposition that makes sense for small and medium-sized companies.
Government Contractors
We represent companies which contract with the government in M&A, finance and other corporate transactions. Our transaction team applies our extensive knowledge of government contracts law to advise on government contracting issues that may be critical in such transactions. We partner with our sister boutique law firms to provide our clients with a team of experts in multiple legal practice areas.
We offer government contracts capabilities for our corporate clients, including: compliance counseling; due diligence support for M&A; negotiations of teaming agreements and subcontracts; review and negotiation of intellectual property rights; cost and pricing disclosures; internal audits and investigations; voluntary and mandatory disclosures; and small business program compliance.
Our team advises corporate clients on federal, state, and local government contracting matters across a wide range of industries, including: defense and aerospace; technology; health care and life sciences; cybersecurity; logistics; manufacturing; and international development.
Our team has deep experience in handling government contracts matters on behalf of corporate clients of all sizes: from large public companies to small businesses and start-ups.
Our goal is to form lasting and mutually beneficial relationships with our clients that support them in achieving business goals at predictable cost accessible to small and midsized companies. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness. Our clients know that we are available whenever they need our support on fast-moving and complex corporate and contracting issues.
Medical and Wellness Business Practice
We provide medical and wellness businesses with legal and strategic advice on, other corporate structuring matters and structuring, negotiating and executing corporate transactions, including:
Management service organizations (MSOs)
Telemedicine and other healthcare and wellness e-commerce operations
Medical and wellness practice business formation
Corporate finance
Commercial lending
Purchase and sale of healthcare practices and companies
Healthcare business commercial leases
Employment and consulting agreements
Licensing agreements
Non-competition agreements
Non-disclosure agreements
Technology agreements
We provide our healthcare and wellness clients with partner-level service and down-the-hall accessibility and responsiveness. Our flexible fee structure, such as fixed fees for certain transactions, makes our commercial lending services accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
