Practice Areas

Corporate & Emerging Companies

We advise businesses at every stage of growth, from formation and early financing through strategic transactions, liquidity events, and exit. Our counsel includes:

• Formation and financing: Entity formation, founder arrangements, equity structuring, employee equity plans, venture capital financings, SAFEs, convertible notes, bridge financings, and secured debt.
• Transactions and liquidity: Mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, secondary transactions, restructurings, exit preparation, and other liquidity events.
• Governance and operations: Board and stockholder matters, corporate governance, commercial and vendor agreements, corporate clean-up, and securities and regulatory compliance.

Blockchain, Digital Assets & Web3

Blockchain and digital asset companies rely on us to navigate an evolving regulatory landscape, with a focus on securities laws, decentralization, governance, and compliance. Our counsel includes:

• Offerings and token strategy: Structuring exempt securities offerings and token launches, including questions involving decentralization.
• Regulatory compliance: Assessing new products and developing practical compliance frameworks for token issuers. We also address governance issues as they arise.
• Transactions: Legal and regulatory diligence involving exchanges, protocols, and businesses operating across the digital asset industry.

Commercial Transactions, Media & Advertising

We handle the commercial side of media and advertising for technology companies and consumer brands, including the agreements behind their content and campaigns. Our counsel includes:

• Advertising and brand partnerships: Cross-platform campaigns, celebrity and influencer partnerships, advertising technology relationships, custom publishing, and brand and product licensing.
• Content and media: Content acquisitions and licensing, video production and distribution, talent agreements, and live event production.
• Technology and data: Data analytics agreements, CRM programs, website development, technology transactions, data privacy, and regulatory compliance.

TCPA Compliance & Pre-Litigation Defense

If your business calls or texts consumers, you ought to be interested in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Statutory damages can reach $1,500 per call or text, allowing a single noncompliant campaign to create potentially devastating liability. We help companies structure compliant outreach programs and respond strategically when disputes arise.

Intellectual Property

We help businesses protect the intellectual property that gives them value and distinguishes them in the marketplace. Our practice covers trademark and copyright matters, along with the protection of confidential information as trade secrets. Our counsel includes:

• Trademarks: We conduct clearance searches and handle applications through registration. We also assist with licensing, portfolio management, and enforcement when a client’s rights are threatened.
• Copyrights: We help clients register original works and establish clear ownership through well-drafted agreements. Our work also covers licensing and infringement matters.
• Trade secrets: We help businesses identify valuable confidential information and put practical safeguards in place to protect it. When misappropriation occurs or is suspected, we advise on enforcement and available remedies.

Outside General Counsel

We serve as fractional or on-demand general counsel, providing practical, business-minded legal guidance from formation through exit and at every stage in between.