Emerging Companies and Venture Capital

Overview

Cloud pipeline orchestration. Hybrid and electric vehicles. Large language models. Battery technologies. Hydrogen fuel cells. The biggest ideas from the brightest minds always come to Baker Botts.

For decades, our firm has served leaders in software, semiconductors, telecommunications, biotech, pharma, energy, and a myriad of other technical industries – bringing together our corporate and intellectual property strengths to advance technology in diverse markets. Today, our Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practice group continues to be part of emerging technologies and to lead the legal issues surrounding them. We can solve complex business problems, protect the newest technology, and set innovative, ambitious companies on the right path with an interdisciplinary approach that integrates complementary practice areas and leverages deep real-world experience.

FULL-SERVICE EMERGING COMPANY/VENTURE CAPITAL EXPERIENCE


CORPORATE

General Company Representation

Formation and Startup Matters

Equity & Executive Compensation

Venture Capital

Corporate Governance

Technology Transactions

Joint Ventures

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Tax

Capital Markets


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Patent Procurement

Patent Risk Assessment and FTO

Patent Strategy & Development Programs

Trademark Clearance and Registration

Advertising Practices Guidance

Tech, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Licensing

Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Litigation

Domain Name and Platform Page Takedowns

LITIGATION & REGULATORY

Export Controls

Government Contracts

Disputes

 TECHNOLOGY FOCUS

ai machine learning

AI & Machine Learning

software

Software

internet media entertainment

Internet, Media & Entertainment

hardware iot

Hardware & IOT

energy tech clean tech

Energy Tech / Clean Tech

fintech blockchain

Fintech & Blockchain

telecommunications

Telecommunications

Life Sciences

Life Sciences

Acting as business and legal partners, our lawyers guide and educate entrepreneurs, technologists, early-stage and emerging growth companies, as well as investors, venture capitalists, and underwriters, so they can navigate multiple challenges and new opportunities of this entire ecosystem with knowledge, skill, confidence, and best practices throughout the entire lifecycle of their business.

  • We advise companies from starting up through rounds of venture capital or private equity financing, initial public offerings, sales, mergers, and other exits.
  • We have industry leading depth and breadth of technical experience. We can skillfully handle all critical legal needs – formation, financing, intellectual property, regulatory, tax, benefits, executive and equity compensation, and more – because we have been there before, as entrepreneurs and as advisors to some of the largest energy, health tech, software, telecommunications, AI/machine learning, fintech, and life sciences companies in the world.
  • Our business network and broad geographical footprint include strong and deep relationships with incubators, accelerators, and technology hubs across geographies and across industries that go far beyond client introductions in value.
  • Our lawyers also represent a number of venture capital and other private equity funds, in raising their funds, making their portfolio investments and in the management and disposition of those investments.
  • In addition, we represent enterprises in joint ventures and other strategic alliances. We also advise universities and large commercial enterprises in licensing their new technologies.

For additional insights on your business, please contact one of our associated lawyers listed above.