Company Formation

Our Silicon Valley lawyers have helped form hundreds of new companies for high tech start-ups and traditional businesses. Our focus is on the needs of the entrepreneur: what form of entity works best, what tax attributes it should have, what equity structure and management roles are apt.

We guide the entrepreneur through short-term choices and longer-term planning. For standardized choices, we offer reasonable, fixed-fee packages that facilitate start-up. We also explain ways to keep administrative burdens to a minimum. Our focus is practical yet strategic.

The following links describe our company formation services:

For high tech start-up businesses, we also are skilled at covering other essentials of starting a company: key founder and shareholder agreements, protections for intellectual property, incentives for key employees and contractors, and similar items.

For a discussion of how a startup business differs from a conventional small business in its setup at formation, see the topic What are the distinctive legal aspects of forming a startup business with a founding team? in our FAQ - Startup Business section.

For a discussion of why Delaware may not be the best choice for an early-stage startup business, see the topic What are the advantages and disadvantages of setting up a startup business in Delaware? in our FAQ - Startup Business section.
 

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