Emerging Companies
Advising innovative start-ups in the technology sector
While it may be tempting to download a template from an online resource, a cookie-cutter document is unlikely to address your unique commercial concerns or maximise new opportunities. We provide practical and cost-effective legal support to emerging companies helping them get started, raise funding, grow, and protect their brand and ideas. We also regularly act as our clients’ virtual general counsel complementing their management team and participating in strategic decision-making.
Our work for high-growth innovative companies includes the following:
Incorporation
Company formations, registrations, ongoing annual and one-off filings
Founder relationships
Drafting bespoke shareholders’ and partnership agreements, together with other essential company documentation, safeguarding founders’ and investors’ legal and commercial interests
Fund raisings
Advising companies, lenders and investors on equity and debt financing transactions, drafting and negotiating the relevant transactional documentation
Share option schemes
Advising on the appropriate share option scheme for your business, taking into account relevant regulatory, tax and legal requirements, and developing bespoke option plan documentation for your needs, accompanied by detailed explanatory notes
Privacy and cookie policies
Creating customised cookie and privacy policies for e-commerce and marketplace platforms as well as other businesses
GDPR compliance
Developing good management practices in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA 2018)
Employment
Preparing employment agreements and services contracts, together with necessary internal policies, for employees and consultants of all seniority levels
Commercial agreements
Drafting virtually any essential commercial contract required for your business to grow and operate from an NDA to a multi-tiered software development agreement
