About Us
 We
are start-up and small business lawyers who have long served the corporate,
business, and intellectual property needs of numerous Silicon
Valley start-up companies and traditional small to medium sized
businesses. We handle the full range of business, corporate, and commercial deals
and disputes typically encountered by our startup business and small business clients
and by the founders, entrepreneurs, executives, directors, officers, key employees, and
others associated with such business clients. Our lawyers serve entrepreneurs, founders,
executives, and owners – and their companies. We also represent shareholders, partners,
directors, officers, key employees, contractors and a broad range of other individuals
who are traditionally represented by business
or corporate lawyers. We do not represent venture capitalists.
The geographical scope of our California business law firm certainly extends to the startup
business and small business needs of our local Silicon Valley communities - not just our
immediate tri-city area of Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View but, of course, the
larger San Jose, Santa Clara County, and South Bay area, including
Los Altos, Los Gatos, Campbell, and Palo Alto, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, as well as
the state of California generally. Beyond that, our lawyers represent large and small business
clients located worldwide who have business, corporate, commercial law, intellectual property (IP),
and commercial litigation or business dispute matters connected with the state of
California generally or with the Silicon Valley technology industry in particular.
Our attorneys offer specialized expertise for high tech start-up companies,
including: company formation, founder arrangements, employee incentives,
funding, intellectual property protection and licensing, trademarks,
distribution arrangements, strategic alliances, acquisitions,
and the strategic and tax guidance integral to start-up issues.
For traditional businesses, we serve as well-rounded business
lawyers who are skilled, experienced, cost-efficient, and versatile.
For key individuals – founders, entrepreneurs, executives,
and owners –we also provide expert help for their individual
interests in Silicon Valley deals with companies not represented
by our firm.
We differ from large Silicon Valley law firms in that such firms
see it as a plus to represent venture-capital firms while we do
not. Founders who seek a slot in a venture-formula company, a
fee deferral, and an early exit on IPO can find excellent lawyers
at large firms who will ably assist them. Founders who disdain
an early VC lock, who are wary of possible conflicts, or who aim
to build long-term value and profitability with or without an
IPO will find us to be an excellent alternative. Both we and the
large firms represent client companies, but we work exclusively
with those who come in from the founder side; the large firms
do not.
We value long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, founders,
and business owners. We believe that integrity, loyalty, and excellence
sustain such relationships. We do our best to uphold these standards
for our clients, and we seek clients who value and seek to do
the same.
For a list of current and former representative clients represented by attorneys of our law firm, click here.
Every California business and corporate lawyer in our law firm has at least 15 years' experience as a practicing attorney in California.
Our attorneys represent clients in commercial deals and in commercial litigation matters throughout the state of California, including San Jose, Silicon Valley, the South Bay Area, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Saratoga, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Santa Clara County.
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