All the elements of success, all in one place. Successfully launching and growing a business requires an approach tailored to the desired results: you need precisely the right element, in just the right amount, at just the right time. And, you need the right team helping to orchestrate all those elements. For entrepreneurs and creatives, we are that team, with all the critical elements at the ready.
Company Formation
From forming your business entity to structuring its governance to meet your specific needs, we help you lay a solid foundation for your business. Most new business owners know that they should form a legal entity for their businesses. But many don’t know how to match the entity to their long-term goals: LLC or Corporation? Delaware or New York? Will outside investment be necessary to grow in the future? What paperwork needs to be filed on an ongoing basis? And so on.
From forming your business entity to structuring its governance to meet your specific needs, we help you lay a solid foundation for your business. Most new business owners know that they should form a legal entity for their businesses. But many don’t know how to match the entity to their long-term goals: LLC or Corporation? Delaware or New York? Will outside investment be necessary to grow in the future? What paperwork needs to be filed on an ongoing basis? And so on.
Moreover, many startup businesses neglect to put their “rules of engagement” in writing, either assuming that all partners are on the same page, or that they’ll be able to work out disputes among themselves (or won’t have disputes at all), or they simply put off these kinds of important decisions until a dispute or major business event creates problems. We help founders of new companies talk through various scenarios, listen to their goals and concerns, and help them structure company ownership and governance in a way that aims to minimize the chance for conflict and maximize the chances of success.
Contract Negotiation
We help you draft and negotiate the contracts necessary for the formation, protection, and lasting success of your business. With any new business, there are, of course, leases, supply agreements, and the like to be reviewed. But where things can get particularly interesting is around key relationships—independent contractors, employees, strategic partners.
We help you draft and negotiate the contracts necessary for the formation, protection, and lasting success of your business. With any new business, there are, of course, leases, supply agreements, and the like to be reviewed. But where things can get particularly interesting is around key relationships—independent contractors, employees, strategic partners.
Rather than simply dusting off a form created for another client, we take the time to learn about each client’s industry, their business, and their goals to craft custom contracts that protect our clients’ interests and that are in keeping with industry standards. And, wherever appropriate, we draft them in a way that will enable clients to confidently use the same tailored agreements for years to come, without requiring our help with every routine transaction.
Immigration
Our lawyers routinely enable businesses to retain their best talent from abroad, and help individuals put down roots here in the U.S. In order to service our entrepreneur and creative clients, we offer a full range of immigration services for employment, special creative ability, student, and even marriage and fiancé(e) visas. Because many of our clients are local firms with global reach and reputation, U.S. immigration can be a barrier to attracting and retaining top talent; we are here to help overcome that obstacle.
Our lawyers routinely enable businesses to retain their best talent from abroad, and help individuals put down roots here in the U.S. In order to service our entrepreneur and creative clients, we offer a full range of immigration services for employment, special creative ability, student, and even marriage and fiancé(e) visas. Because many of our clients are local firms with global reach and reputation, U.S. immigration can be a barrier to attracting and retaining top talent; we are here to help overcome that obstacle.
From time to time, we also take on more complex cases, including asylum cases and certain kinds of appeals.
Trademark & Copyright
Your innovations and your brand are essential to your continued success—we can help protect both from infringement. Whether a client is a startup with a clever moniker or an artist with a great new work, success depends on their hard-earned product, name, and image. We help protect clients’ brands by registering their trademarks with federal and state authorities, as well as negotiating with third parties who appear to infringe on those marks. The same goes for advising clients on issues of copyright.
Your innovations and your brand are essential to your continued success—we can help protect both from infringement. Whether a client is a startup with a clever moniker or an artist with a great new work, success depends on their hard-earned product, name, and image. We help protect clients’ brands by registering their trademarks with federal and state authorities, as well as negotiating with third parties who appear to infringe on those marks. The same goes for advising clients on issues of copyright.
While intellectual property litigation is outside the scope of our practice, we work to ensure that your intellectual property is securely registered in order to give you the best chance of prevailing in any court case that arises over trademark or copyright issues. And, in the unlikely event that a dispute reaches litigation, we can help guide you to seasoned intellectual property litigators who will aggressively defend your rights.
Funding & Financing
Investment is the lifeblood of any venture—we’re here to negotiate and secure the funding your company needs to ensure your success. Whether it’s an initial raise from management and founders or angel funding, we focus on negotiating early-stage funding and drafting the documents necessary to secure it. Among our counsel, we have attorneys who have been on both sides of the table in these negotiations, including attorneys who have raised funds on behalf of their own startups. That experience, combined with our relationships with successful entrepreneurs and their investors, makes us uniquely positioned to help with your early funding needs
Investment is the lifeblood of any venture—we’re here to negotiate and secure the funding your company needs to ensure your success. Whether it’s an initial raise from management and founders or angel funding, we focus on negotiating early-stage funding and drafting the documents necessary to secure it. Among our counsel, we have attorneys who have been on both sides of the table in these negotiations, including attorneys who have raised funds on behalf of their own startups. That experience, combined with our relationships with successful entrepreneurs and their investors, makes us uniquely positioned to help with your early funding needs
And, when your business is ready, we can help you find the proper advisors to take you to the next level.