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What is Liquidation Preference?

In a venture capital deal, a liquidation preference refers to the payout investors receive in a liquidation event (like a sale or merger) prior to any payments made to the common stockholders.

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Decoding Entity Selection: Considerations for Founders

What’s the Best Choice of Entity? When we work with founders to start their business, the question of which type of entity to form is…

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Choosing the Ideal Jurisdiction: Considerations in Selecting a State for Incorporation

One of the first questions we receive from founders who are ready to legally form a company is where they should incorporate. The conventional wisdom…

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What are IP Assignment Agreements?

For the high-growth startups we represent (and into which our venture capital clients invest), intellectual property (IP) is typically the core asset driving the company’s…

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What is a Management Rights Letter?

Here’s a situation we see often when a company is negotiating a Series A financing. They’ve gotten through diligence, completed the lengthy and difficult process…

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