Emerging Companies
Why Cooley
Cooley works with startups to launch dynamic new ventures and take them forward. We have been at it since the venture industry began, having formed America's first venture fund in Silicon Valley. Clients who partner with us get the advantage of extensive experience, true teamwork and an entrepreneurial culture that help build businesses and transform breakthrough ideas into successful companies. Cooley also has unparalleled access to the largest and most influential network of venture capital investors in the world.
Our team-oriented service approach offers our clients the flexibility to call on lawyers who are familiar with their products, technology and business models and who understand the tactical decisions made by executive management. In fact, we frequently complement a client's management team by serving as virtual general counsel, acting as a senior member of the team and participating in board-level discussions.
Our work for innovative, growth companies spans the full range of practice areas, including the following:
- Strategic deals including financings, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, acquisitions of IP assets, patent cross-licenses, complex divestitures and spin-offs
- Strategic patent counseling
- Commercial and licensing agreements, including distributor agreements, global supply agreements, sales representative agreements, software licenses and joint development agreements
- High-stakes IP litigation, complex commercial disputes, anti-counterfeiting enforcement actions and stockholder securities suits
- Complex business model structuring and strategic commercialization advice for emerging products and services
Areas of Practice | Cooley GO
- Start – formation, founders agreements
- Create and protect – intellectual property, licensing, outsourcing
- Build a team – employment, compensation, real estate leasing
- Raise – venture financing
- Board and advisors – governance, control
- Sell – M&A, joint ventures
- Go public – IPOs, capital markets, public companies