Venture Capital
The lawyers of Siavage Law Group have completed hundreds of venture capital transactions from initial friends and family rounds through mezzanine financing and public registrations. The firm possesses deep experience with respect to the basic venture capital transactions, including initial structuring of the business to optimize the attractiveness to investors, term sheet formation, angel investment, venture capital investment, convertible debt, preferred stock, shareholders agreements, employment agreements, warrants and options for third parties, employee stock options, development of offering descriptions and other documentation relating to venture capital raises.
The lawyers of Siavage Law Group have worked with venture capital firms in Atlanta and nationwide in assisting their client companies in raising venture capital. The advice to emerging technology companies with respect to venture capital is a highly specialized practice and needs highly specialized practitioners in order to correctly represent the emerging technology company. The practice is a dynamic one and continues to change with market conditions, the development of new methodologies for investment in growth companies, and other factors. Siavage Law Group maintains knowledge in the area of venture capital practice on a cutting-edge basis and our lawyers have written and spoken widely on venture capital topics (see for instance the article entitled "The Kinder, Gentler 2004 Venture Capital Term Sheet" under Articles and Presentations). Emerging technology companies in Atlanta and throughout the country continue to turn to Siavage Law Group for advice and relationships when seeking to raise operating capital for their companies.
In addition, Siavage Law Group provides advice to investors regarding investment in emerging technology companies and venture fund creation and management. The firm continues to represent investors in emerging technology companies and easily moves to the investor side for the consideration of the value of companies, investment funding advice and the investor-side transactions related to emerging technology companies. We also represent funds on issues of initial structuring and fund management.