Legal Services for Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs

Our attorneys have substantial experience advising entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established small and medium-sized businesses. We offer candid, practical advice and creative solutions regarding business formation, transactions and operations. We also structure our fee arrangements to support our clients’ business goals.

The services and guidance that we provide include:

  • Legal advice on business formation, shareholder agreements and other critical
    documentation
  • Setting up employee stock option plans, and advising on related securities law
    issues
  • All aspects of mergers and acquisitions (including legal due diligence), stock issuances and exchanges, business sales, as well as venture capital financings and other strategic transactions.

We recognize that one of the primary challenges for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established small-to-medium-sized businesses can often be obtaining and retaining financial backing. We deliver results for our clients by providing strategic advice on financing options and leveraging our deep network of relationships with private equity firms, venture capital firms and investment banks.

As our clients’ businesses mature in scale and their capital needs evolve, our team is well-equipped to take our clients’ capital raising efforts to the next level, counseling them through all aspects of private capital markets financings, all the way through accessing the U.S. IPO market and going forward as a publicly listed company.

Our approach is commercial and solutions-focused. We build the foundational aspects of our clients’ businesses, so that they can focus on what they do best as they grow their companies— pursuing the innovative ideas that will power tomorrow’s economy.

Team Members

Marcelle S. Balcombe

Partner

Balcombe, Marcelle S.

Claude A. Baum

Counsel

Baum, Claude A.

Ross Carmel

Partner

Carmel, Ross

Anna Chaykina

Associate

Chaykina, Anna

Barrett S. DiPaolo

Partner

DiPaolo, Barrett S.

Michael H. Ference

Partner

Ference, Michael H.

Benasz Hansotia

Associate

Hansotia, Benasz

Jeffrey Hua

Counsel

Hua, Jeffrey

Carl Kleidman

Partner

Kleidman, Carl

Jeffrey A. Koeppel

Of Counsel

Koeppel, Jeffrey A.

Lony Leung

Associate

Leung, Lony

Christian Lichtenberger

Associate

Lichtenberger, Christian

David B. Manno

Partner

Manno, David B.

Arthur Marcus

Partner

Marcus, Arthur

Darrin M. Ocasio

Partner

Ocasio, Darrin M.

Avital Perlman

Partner

Perlman, Avital

Thomas A. Rose

Co-Managing Partner

Rose, Thomas A.

Marc J. Ross

Partner

Ross, Marc J.

Gregory Sichenzia

Partner

Sichenzia, Gregory

Benjamin Sklar

Associate

Sklar, Benjamin

Benjamin A. Tan

Partner

Tan, Benjamin A.