Morrison & Foerster’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice is well established and, based on the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, among the world’s most active legal practices dedicated to this area.  For over four decades, we have advised emerging companies at every stage of their evolution, and venture capital funds in the areas of fund formation, venture investment, and intellectual property due diligence.

We are one of a handful of law firms that combines comprehensive legal advice covering current market practices and trends relating to venture formation, transaction structure, and venture round financing terms, with leading intellectual property analysis and advice.  We also provide innovative securities and capital markets advice that is sharply focused on providing capital markets access to technology-centric emerging companies.

We have always valued the opportunity to work with amazing clients that have big ideas.  In this area, the ideas often start out as bigger than the clients themselves.  Assisting emerging companies and those entities that finance them is among the most interesting, and often most exhilarating work we do.  And it is usually fun.

But, despite the fun, we are focused on being pragmatic.  Experience has taught us how to deliver the legal services that our venture and emerging company clients need at a cost they believe represents good value.  We have relationships with over 200 venture capital and private equity firms.  We recognize that providing introductions for clients seeking financing can, and often does, make a difference.

We represent over 200 venture-backed life sciences and technology-based companies.  In the last decade, we have assisted with transactions that have raised in excess of $4 billion of venture financing, with over 65 initial public offerings of venture-backed companies, and with hundreds of mergers and acquisitions involving companies that got their start with venture financing.