1) Technology, Entrepreneurial and
Commercial Practice
Our TEC group moves at the speed of business creating
the commercial agreements that fuel our clients’ profits,
Leadership
licensing technology in intellectual property-driven
businesses and helping entrepreneurs prioritize to
efficiently manage their businesses.
Many of our TEC lawyers have management and
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financial backgrounds as well as in-house experience.
(Leader)
They are adept at recognizing the importance of quickly
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providing legal solutions that are business oriented and
creative.
Privately held businesses have traditionally represented
the largest segment of our client base and the largest
number of the lawyers in the firm are dedicated to serving this sector. The Technology,
Entrepreneurial & Commercial Group brings together lawyers who practice in many different
areas of law from around the firm to offer privately held businesses, their shareholders,
directors and officers a broad base of services. To make access to these lawyers and their
skills a simple matter for our clients, we designate one attorney to be your contact with Bryan
Cave. This lawyer is responsible for ensuring that your needs are met on a timely and cost
effective basis; in effect acting as your general counsel within Bryan Cave. You get close
personal attention and all the resources of a large, international firm at a very competitive cost.
Entrepreneurial Practice
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2) Many of the firm’s business clients are privately or closely held entities with management and
ownership issues distinct from the multi-national public companies the firm also represents.
Members of the Technology Entrepreneurial, & Commercial Practice Group know business
owners expect their counsel to be both knowledgeable about the client’s business and sensitive
to providing immediate and effective solutions to their legal needs. Services we regularly
provide include:
Purchase agreements
Business organization
Entity formation and governance
Venture capital and other forms of funding
Shareholder agreements
Business sales/acquisition
Tax advice
Management succession
Personal estate planning
Professional consulting agreements
Technology Practice
We have a deep roster of skilled attorneys equipped to provide a rapid, thorough response to
any client need arising across a wide spectrum of technologies and sciences and the
transactions associated with those technologies – from licenses, joint ventures, procurement
and development transactions, to security and privacy policies that govern your systems.
Services we regularly provide include:
Technology acquisition or development transactions (purchasing, reselling, distribution, joint
ventures, alliances, development)
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3) Software licensing, maintenance and support
Website development and web hosting
Colocation
Telecommunications
Biotechnology including pharma, medical devices and nutrition products
Intellectual property licensing
Internet advertising, linking and co-branding
Privacy, data security and information security policies and counseling
Website terms and conditions
Technology device manufacturing
Open source
Intellectual property management and audits
Interactive entertainment
E-commerce
Commercial Practice
We offer innovative solutions to our clients’ business issues through the Commercial Practice
Team. Our commercial practice is a unique and powerful business tool that takes the
administrative, drafting and negotiating burden off of our clients. The result is an approach that
provides prompt, economical and sound legal counsel to our clients seeking progress toward
timely closure. Services we regularly provide include:
Terms and conditions of sale
Long term purchase and supply agreements
Distributorship and representative arrangements
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4) Consulting and other services contracts
Confidentiality and decontamination agreements
Licensing arrangements and other similar matters
Outsourcing
Identification of potential antitrust issues, as well as development of MAP Policies
Advice on contracting with potentially insolvent or bankrupt companies
Export, import, customs and other international trade matters
Outsourcing
As pressures continue to mount on organizations to minimize costs, improve efficiencies, and
enhance their competitive advantage, outsourcing non-core yet vital business activities to thirdparty vendors becomes increasingly essential. Achieving the right relationship between parties
is crucial and requires the assistance of seasoned counsel with both an understanding of the
legal issues as well as the industries involved. Members of the Outsourcing Practice serve a
broad cross-section of industries, including consulting and professional services, energy,
information services, traditional computer and network software, online retailing, telecom,
network and personal computer equipment, components and accessories, interactive
entertainment, insurance, learning and education, automotive, manufacturing, wireless,
broadcasting and media, traditional and Internet telephony, and technology and Internet
services.
Identifying strategic objectives
Evaluating project structures and providing analysis
Developing and negotiating contracts
Evaluating and recommending vendors
Recommending technical advisors and consultants
Identifying conflicts
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5) International and cross-border outsourcing
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
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