From garage-based entrepreneurs to organizations commercializing products, we guide companies from organization and pre-seed financing through multiple tiers of growth, financing, and product development, and commercialization to exit or preparation for an IPO. 
 
We support our emerging companies clients with their strategic objectives in all stages of the business life cycle and assist with a wide variety of matters, including:
 

• Business planning, legal entity selection, and other pre-formation strategic considerations
• Legal entity formation, including preparation of corporate documents and necessary filings
• Corporate governance  issues
• Agreements with founders and stockholders
• Human resources matters, including employment agreements and consulting agreements
• Equity incentive plans and compensation
• Seed, venture, and private equity finance
• Technology licensing and technology transfer matters with academia, health systems, and research organizations
• Intellectual property protection
• Facilities acquisition and construction
• Strategic partnerships, collaborations, and other research, development, and licensing arrangements
• Clinical research arrangements, including CTAs, CSAs, IIRs, ISRs, and agreements with CROs, CMOs, laboratories and data and outcomes research organizations
• Manufacturing and quality agreements
• Marketing, distribution, co-promotion, and sales representative agreements
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Fraud and abuse issues
• Sunshine Act Reporting
• Mergers and acquisitions

 
While we represent emerging companies in many industries, our primary focus is health care and our extensive experience representing early-stage biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, health services, medical technology, and digital health companies allows us to anticipate the needs of our clients and provide efficient, practical, and cutting-edge advice. Our team's scientific backgrounds and real-life experience in the biotechnology and health care industries make them valuable partners as they advise clients from business planning to exit.