LEGAL SERVICES
This office represents entrepreneurs, owners, investors, inventors and buyers of
high-technology products and services, with emphasis on the strategic aspects of the
following areas:
Corporate
and Financial
Corporate formation, capitalization, organization of stock and minute books, stock option
plans, personnel and other operational legal issues,
negotiation of venture capital and other financing agreements,
special counsel to the CEO and Directors for legal
oversight.
Supervision of Litigation
Supervision of litigation in the capacity of a
briefing solicitor in the British system. The McKinnis Law Offices
is affiliated with leading Connecticut and New York City litigation firms
with experience in dealing with the litigation needs of the technology
enterprise.
Participation in Financial Planning and
Preparation
Structuring and
documenting a client's strategy for acquiring operating funds as part of
a team composed of the client's CEO and financial officer.
In addition, this firm will prepare a company for an IPO and organize
and execute the company's response to the underwriter's due diligence
requirements.
Intellectual
Property
Information Technology
The purchasing and licensing of technology, establishing ground rules for handling
proprietary information, non-disclosure agreements tailored to specific disclosures and
uses; establishing an Intellectual Property Committee for the review, capture and
protection of a client’s intellectual property and for review of intellectual
property infringement claims against the client.
Start-ups
Structuring and nurturing start-up companies with emphasis on long term legal and
financial planning for future growth.
Mergers
& Acquisitions
Structuring and negotiating the exit strategy for entrepreneurs and investors, including
the sale of the company’s capital stock in a change of control or the company’s
merger into a larger company. In addition, this office performs legal due diligence for
acquiring parties and handles acquisitions and
divestments that do not require a large legal staff on a cost effective
basis. For larger transactions, this Firm works closely with
larger firms that concentrate on larger transactions..
Contracts
Negotiation and documentation of strategic alliances, joint ventures, semiconductor
manufacture, purchase of components and services, technical assistance and design,
programming services, software licenses and sales transactions, including distribution,
sales representation and supply agreements.
General
Counsel Services
Provision of outside General Counsel’s services to a limited number of
appropriate technology companies which do not have an inside managing
counsel. As a company’s implant General Counsel, this
Firm will work on a fixed monthly retainer and
will be pleased to
work with a client’s full services law firm or founding attorney.
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