OUR Practice
Stradley Ronon is a valued legal and business advisor to emerging companies and entrepreneurs throughout all stages of a company’s growth cycle. We also counsel venture capital funds and other investors in all manners of early-stage investment transactions.

Whether it’s launching a company, commercializing a product, raising capital, making acquisitions, or effectuating an IPO or sale, the seasoned attorneys in our Emerging Companies practice provide practical, hands-on guidance suited to the unique needs of emerging growth companies. Our entrepreneurial clients can be found in all emerging growth sectors, including: 

• Life Sciences 
• Technology 
• Big Data and Data Analytics 
• Mobile Applications 
• Media and Communications 
• Health care 
• Professional Services 
• Specialty Foods

Our attorneys also have extensive experience in the representation of venture capital funds and other early-stage investors in a variety of equity and debt financing transactions, including seed and angel rounds, preferred equity rounds, growth equity investments and strategic investments, and we actively leverage these relationships in order to introduce those seeking to raise capital with those seeking investment opportunities.

YOUR Challenges; OUR Solutions 
We recognize the unique challenges faced by our emerging company clients – seizing on growth opportunities, operating in a competitive landscape and protecting valuable intellectual property assets, to name a few – and understand that these challenges are often met in an environment where capital and human resources are limited. Emerging companies require legal advisors who enable them to overcome these obstacles, so we work collaboratively and proactively with our emerging company clients to provide: 

• cost-effective entity formation guidance and implementation 
• forward-thinking advice regarding the transfer, protection and commercialization of intellectual property 
• strategic introductions of clients to our established network of angel, venture capital, private equity, and investment banking professionals 
• market-informed expertise in debt and equity financing transactions 
• sophisticated expertise on IPO and sale transactions 
• seasoned state and federal securities law compliance expertise

VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS
It is our mission to assist early-stage investor clients in maximizing the return on their investment, and we understand the economic and business factors involved in decisions these clients make. That is why the attorneys in our Emerging Companies practice work closely with investor clients to develop the best business and legal strategy for each transaction. Driven by our client’s objective to maximize value, we provide: 

• strategic evaluation and structuring of initial and follow-on investments
• forward-thinking risk management counsel 
• thoughtful evaluation of intellectual property portfolios of target companies 
• pragmatic advice on the governance of portfolio companies 
• value enhancing strategies for exit

OUR Experience
With decades of collective experience, attorneys in our Emerging Companies practice apply sophisticated, market-informed expertise and sharply honed business acumen to a wide range of matters and transactions for early-stage companies. We are keenly focused on being pragmatic and helping our clients make the best use of their limited resources. We recognize we cannot be successful partners with our clients without an in-depth understanding of the industries in which they operate so that we can anticipate and address legal needs as –  or before –  they arise.

OUR Services
We draw upon the resources and experiences of our professionals across a variety of disciplines to provide an integrated set of legal services for our emerging companies and venture capital fund clients, including: 

• Corporate 
• Intellectual Property 
• Tax 
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation 
• Finance 
• Securities 
• Employment Law