Practice groups
Technology and Venture Capital
Creative Finance From Seed to Exit
S. Friedman & Co.’s venture group specializes in advising venture capitalists, international financial institutions and multinational enterprises, in private equity preferred share and convertible note financings, most typically of a cross-border nature. Our venture group is well versed in advising its clients on the due diligence process, the drafting and negotiation of preferred share purchase agreements, investors’ rights agreements and multi-class constitutional documents, private placement memoranda, registration statements and prospectuses. We take an active role in assisting our clients to develop creative financing solutions while ensuring that their interests are properly protected. We advise technology-based companies and entrepreneurs in their financings from the seed stage to exit.
Partnering with Clients to Protect and Exploit their Intellectual Property
We closely partner with our technological clients to help them develop efficient strategies for the best exploitation of their intellectual property, ensuring maximized growth. We are experienced in guiding our clients through the process of rapid growth and the challenges that rapid growth poses to management and organizational structure. We are all well versed in corporate governance and management in multi-cultural environments with working experience in the key technological hubs in the United States, Europe and Asia. We also advise large enterprises in connection with the acquisition of technology and intellectual property crucial to their businesses. We have developed practical industry based experience in the exploitation of information related technologies, computing, telecommunications, home-land security, civilian and military transportation-aerospace related technologies, semi-conductors, electro-optical devices as well as medical and bio-electronic devices.
Group Practice Areas
- Venture Capital
Fund Formation
Private Equity Investments
International Tax Planning - Technology Finance
Private Equity Financing
Convertible Notes and Facilities
Mergers and Acquisitions
Public Offerings - Technology Counseling
Advising Companies, Entrepreneurs, and Investors from Seed to Exit - Exploitation and Protection of Intellectual Property
Licensing
Manufacturing and Outsourcing
Development and Joint Development Agreements
Escrow Agreements
Joint Ventures
OEM, Distribution, Agency, Channel and VAR Agreements
Strategic Partnering and Alliance Agreements
Trademarks
Trade Secrets - Technology and Know-how Transfer
- Taxation and Employee Benefit Schemes
International Tax Structures
Transfer Pricing
Executive Compensation Option Plans and Schemes
