Attorneys in the Venture Capital Practice Area represent venture capital companies in their investments in portfolio companies. This representation generally includes assisting in:

• structuring the transaction and preparing term sheets
• due diligence investigation of the portfolio company
• drafting and negotiating definitive documentation, including stock purchase agreements, preferred stock terms, investors' rights agreements (including registration rights), and shareholders agreements.

The work also frequently includes:

• structuring and documenting bridge loans
• negotiating intercreditor and similar arrangements with other stakeholders
• advising on issues relating to the sale, initial public offering, or reorganization of portfolio companies.

Attorneys in the practice also have represented numerous portfolio companies and their owners, typically entrepreneurs, in obtaining venture capital investment while protecting the interests of the founders and management teams.

Finally, our attorneys have worked with the founders and managers of venture capital management companies to establish venture capital companies and raise the funds necessary to enable them to make portfolio investments, including the preparation of limited partnership agreements, private placement memoranda, and other offering materials.

In representing clients in venture capital matters, members of the practice area call upon the expertise of our other departments and practices, especially with respect to matters relating to tax, intellectual property, securities, and labor and employment law.