From entity formation and capital funding to protection of intellectual property and tax strategy, emerging companies face a host of demands that require an experienced legal partner with a track record of success in helping entrepreneurs bring ideas to market. Akerman counsels new companies and their investors through all stages of the corporate life cycle, from initial organization and funding through follow-on financing rounds, transformational M&A transactions, and liquidity events. Clients benefit from our multidisciplinary approach, which brings together lawyers from across the firm who understand the mission-critical decisions facing executive management and are familiar with each client's products, technology, and business model.
Our Emerging Growth Companies Practice is at the intersection of creation and investment, and our lawyers are heavily invested in the emerging company space. Our firm maintains a physical presence within the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC Miami), where we interact side-by-side with entrepreneurs, as allies on the ground level, on a real-time basis. We help clients disrupt existing business models by looking outside their markets, their industry, and geographic borders to discover new opportunities for success.