Giordano & Company's attorneys understand the issues facing a start-up company seeking to develop a proprietary product or service and facing its financial demands on limited cash flow. The firm has particular expertise in the areas of securities law, various rounds of financings and general corporate governance. The firm has assisted its clients in rapidly changing field of intellectual property, patent, trade secrets and proprietary rights. We affiliate with, on an "as-needed" basis, certain patent and intellectual property law firms in the metropolitan Boston region. Giordano & Company has the depth, experience and resources to provide its clients with the range of services to meet its needs.
We provide advice to businesses to maximize their commercial opportunities and have represented several high-technology and bio-tech start-ups in their development stage of growth. Our transactional practice includes corporate due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, confidentiality, non-compete and employment and consulting contracts. In raising capital, we have assisted our clients in "friends and family" investments, negotiated "angel" financing, venture capital and private placements. Our clients have included software, hardware, Internet and bio-tech businesses.
Unlike most law firms, the partners at Giordano & Company have business and securities backgrounds, and thus, can provide its clients with a range of contacts and perspectives. We have relationships with a number of banks, investment bankers, broker-dealers, registered representatives, financial advisors and others in the securities and financing industry. Our practice crosses traditional practice areas to provide its clients with full-service financial and business evaluation, strategic planning and assistance, with our network.
Giordano & Company advises its clients on all aspects of compliance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the state blue sky laws, and the rules and regulations of the various stock exchanges, including the NASDAQ Stock Market, the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") and the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Our strategic and practical perspective provides clients with clear guidance in the thicket of one of the most regulated aspects of business - the securities industry.
Through their wide-ranging business and financial experience, Giordano & Company provides clients with unique opportunities through its network in the securities and financial industry. The firm is adept at guiding clients in raising private capital through alternative sources, as well as introducing clients to certain sources of capital. These situations are determined on a case-by-case basis and subject to the business, marketing and due diligence requirements of the financiers.
Representative matters handled by the attorneys at Giordano & Company include:
- Representation of Internet companies through various "friends and family" and "angel" rounds of financing in the millions of dollars;
- Representation of a high-technology client in its merger with, and being acquired by, the subsidiary of a major Japanese conglomerate, in a transaction valued at approximately $130 million;
- Representation of hardware and software clients in venture capital transactions;
- Representation of a software company in the registration process for an initial public offering, including due diligence, negotiating with underwriters and preliminary preparation of the registration statement which was to be filed with the SEC;
- Representation of certain company founders in a division spin-off by a major hardware developer and manufacturer, with financing provided by venture capital;
- Representation of a hedge fund limited partnership, focusing its investments in the financial and banking industry and handling the partnership's securities and blue sky requirements in various jurisdictions;
- Private placements of various clients, including bio-tech companies, seeking to raise capital in the millions of dollars; and
- Representation of clients in assets purchases and acquisitions, and various "exit strategies" for the companies' founders.