Corporate Counseling

• Provide practical and cost-effective guidance to identify key legal, regulatory and business issues from the outset and achieve specified goals as efficiently as possible.
• Serve as general counsel to numerous emerging businesses, overseeing and coordinating critical matters including intellectual property transfer, finance, securities, regulatory, executive employment and tax matters.

Intellectual Property

• Comprehensively assess, protect and leverage a company’s IP to maximize its financial potential.
• Prosecute foreign and domestic patents.
• Conduct IP due diligence relating to corporate transactions.
• Provide opinions on patent invalidity and noninfringement.
• Develop brand protection strategies and provide comprehensive representation in the selection, searching, registration, enforcement and defense of trademarks.
• Register, protect, license, enforce and defend copyrights.

Financing

• Connect emerging companies with businesses in the private equity, angel financing, venture capital, hedge fund and financial services sectors.
• Represent private equity funds in raising capital.
• Advise clients on requisite disclosures and federal and state securities law compliance.
• Assist growth companies in investment banking, accounting, management, private investor and other critical financing relationships.
• Negotiate and document transactions such as equity and debt financing.
• Manage Delaware Crossing Investors Group, an angel investor network co-founded by firm attorneys that is comprised of executives and entrepreneurs who provide counsel and capital to early stage and growth-oriented companies in a broad array of industries.

Securities

We handle wide array of corporate concerns for public and private companies, including:

• Initial public offerings
• Financial and regulatory changes
• Private placements
• Tender and exchange offers
• Securities filings and other securities transactions
• Corporate governance, reporting and compliance issues, including advice to directors, officers and boards of directors
• Federal and state securities law advice and matters
• Equity crowdfunding enabled by the JOBS ACT

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Guide clients through M&A transactions from start to close, keeping end goals in mind.
• Structure, negotiate, document and consummate a variety of business combinations and other commercial transactions.
• Counsel businesses on how to navigate potential pitfalls relating to international transactions.
• Help create joint ventures to support creative collaboration and product commercialization.

Licensing and Technology Transfer

• Represent both research institutions and private companies in technology transfer transactions.
• Leverage a company’s intellectual property through licensing, joint ventures or the establishment of new distribution channels.
• Counsel on software and hardware licensing, including technology service and transfer agreements.
• Lead firms to market, knowing different paths are needed depending on the technology.
• Orchestrate brand licensing agreements that use franchising, licensing and national and international distribution networks to expand a strong trademark or brand.

Franchising and Distribution Networks

• Grow companies by licensing brand and proprietary methods to other business owners both nationally and internationally.
• Provide next-step growth and expansion opportunities thanks to our experience with a broad spectrum of industries, including hospitality, retail and service-based businesses, and deep connections to franchising networks.