Cleantech: WaterTechnology

Morrison & Foerster has been leading the way in the Cleantech sector for decades, having represented clients in related industries for more than 30 years. During this time, the firm has counseled a broad range of investors, emerging companies, and established companies that are developing new technologies and pioneering new approaches to improving water technology. Water is one of the earth’s most precious resources. Sustainable water management is crucial to social and economic stability.

Morrison & Foerster can provide advice on industry-specific challenges, including:

• Support you in bringing your water technology to market by negotiating sales agreements with other companies, direct end users, or wholesalers;
• Evaluate and position your water-related patents and intellectual property for strategic advantage and revenue growth;
• Enable your company to effectively manage its wastewater to alleviate the need to build large sewage treatments plants or pay fines;
• Assist your company in reducing its water requirements per unit of product, thereby also lowering the cost per unit;
• Support you in finding the most sustainable and efficient water sources available in your geographic region;
• Advise on raising venture capital and private equity from leading investors in water technologies.

Morrison & Foerster also can provide a wide range of legal services, such as:

• Help emerging and privately owned water companies succeed at every stage of development—from initial business formation, to raising venture capital financing and achieving a successful exit through a sale, public offering, or merger;
• Advise publicly listed water companies on a full range of securities laws and related matters, including the disclosure and regulatory obligations of the SEC, national exchanges and associations, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other corporate governance. We can also counsel your Board of Directors and Committees on corporate governance and other issues;
• Advise on how to capture the full value of your intellectual property, trade secrets, trademarks, and other innovations. We also counsel you on an overall intellectual property portfolio management and strategy;
• Help you scale and grow through assisting on strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and other capital-raising activities;
• Defend your firm’s interests through our best-in-class litigation, arbitration, and mediation services and protect the full value and competitive advantage of your assets, revenue, and income—including your intellectual property (e.g., patents, trademarks, trade secrets), securities, capital structure (e.g., stock options, equities, debt), environmental position (e.g., carbon credits, land use) and more.