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Our clients range from individual investors, private equity funds and market makers to private and publicly traded companies engaged in a variety of industries.

Corporate Practice
We represent our corporate clients from formation through the exit strategy.  We are often called upon to act not only as legal advisors, but also as business counselors.  Our corporate practice includes the following areas of representation:
  
  • Corporate, partnership and joint venture formation;
  • Corporate governance issues;
  • Licensing and distributorship arrangements;
  • Shareholder voting and buy/sell agreements;
  • Development of form contracts;
  • Commercial lease transactions;
  • Promissory notes, security agreements and other loan transactions;
  • Acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations; and
  • Contract negotiation, review and drafting.
                                                              

Securities Practice
We represent private companies who are experiencing rapid growth and need to raise capital, interested in conducting an initial public offering, or both.  We represent public companies who are undertaking registered offerings and with respect to their SEC reporting and compliance obligations. Our securities practice includes the following areas of representation:
  
  • Initial public offerings;
  • Secondary offerings;
  • '34 Act compliance filings;
  • Corporate governance issues;
  • PIPES transactions;
  • Equity line of credit transactions;
  • Private Placements;
  • Bridge financing;
  • "Blue sky" compliance; and
  • Restructurings.
                                                              

Employment Practice
Our employment practice focuses on the transactional needs of our clients, including:
 
  • Employee v. independent contractor;
  • Employment applications;
  • Interviewing;
  • Pre-employment testing;
  • Offer letters;
  • Employment agreements;
  • At-will status
  • Wage and hour laws;
  • Benefits;
  • Discipline;
  • Termination;
  • ADA;
  • Discrimination and harassment;
  • Employee Handbooks;
  • Insurance;
  • Compensation Plans;
  • Registration statements on Form S-8; and
  • Mediation of employee disputes.
                                                              

Referral Resources
In addition to the services we provide, we have developed strong relationships for our clients with other firms in the following practice areas:
 
  • Sources of funding;
  • Business litigation;
  • Employment litigation;
  • Intellectual property;
  • Bankruptcy;
  • Securities litigation;
  • Venture capital financing;
  • Angel round financing;
  • Accounting and auditing;
  • Banking; and
  • Operations management.