Venture Capital

Finn Dixon & Herling's Venture Capital Group provides a full range of legal services to the venture capital community. Our Venture Capital Group has broad experience representing both venture capital funds and emerging companies in connection with all aspects of the venture capital relationship, including

  • Developing, negotiating and structuring venture capital investments, from the perspective of the investor, the company and the management team
  • Advising investor groups regarding issues among investors and among classes of investors
  • Negotiating and structuring follow-on investments
  • Structuring equity and compensation arrangements for management
  • Advising on the responsibilities and duties associated with serving as a member of the board of directors of a portfolio company
  • Advising investors, founders, management and portfolio companies in connection with structuring and negotiating liquidity events, including sales, mergers, recapitalizations and public offerings
  • Advising regarding the tax and other treatments of various types of equity incentives
  • Advising hedge funds making venture capital investments via side pocket arrangements
  • Fund formation for venture capital funds

We bring a wealth of experience in representing venture capital funds to each transaction, enabling us to provide solutions to structuring issues, careful attention to the key details affecting these transactions and prompt execution. We also assist venture capital firms in connection with legal and business issues affecting their portfolio companies. Our understanding the client's business and strategic plan enables us to render value-added advice to emerging companies.

Our broad experience in venture capital transactions allows us to stay on top of developments in market terms and ensures that we anticipate issues and solutions to facilitate cost-efficient and prompt execution.

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