Morgan Lewis

Emerging Business & Technology

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More than 800 emerging business and technology clients firmwide

More than $5 billion in venture financing transactions in the last five years

Ranked first based on the number of private equity or venture capital funds represented: Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst

Top 20 law firm ranked by number of venture capital transactions: Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst

Top 15 M&A transactions: Thomson Reuters, Mergermarket, Bloomberg, and Buyouts

More than 550 M&A transactions in the last five years with a combined market value of more than $200 billion

Top 10 firm for venture capital and emerging companies: Legal 500

Related Events

02/27/12-02/29/12 ACI’s 16th Advanced Forum on Structuring, Negotiating, and Managing Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions New York
Fahd Riaz, panelist, "Preparing Your IP for M&A or Product License: What Savvy Buyers Look For"
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05/04/11 Goodman to Receive Legend Award for Lifetime Achievement at 2011 PACT Enterprise Awards
Morgan Lewis partner Steve Goodman will receive the Legend Award for lifetime achievement from the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT).
03/08/11 VC Panel Says Deals on the Horizon as Economy Recovers, Pittsburgh Business Times
Morgan Lewis partner Eric Kline discusses venture financing trends during a panel session of the Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association.
09/22/10 California's Top 100 Leading Attorneys of 2010, Daily Journal
Daily Journal has named Morgan Lewis Partner Rahul Kapoor as one of California's Leading Attorneys of 2010.
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Morgan Lewis’s Emerging Business and Technology Practice serves as an integral resource to hundreds of emerging growth companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia. We offer our clients a pragmatic, business-oriented approach to solving problems, a value-added network, and access to sources of capital. With firm offices in major technology centers and the legal resources of an international law firm, we offer emerging growth businesses localized, personalized, and effective long-term representation from startup to maturity. The practice is versed in all aspects of the emerging growth company life cycle—from company formations, financings, partnering, and collaborations to executive compensation, employment matters, intellectual property protection, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and international expansions.

Morgan Lewis’s reputation and relationships help entrepreneurs and investors make profitable decisions and connections. We keep clients close to the financing resources that fund today’s growing companies through our established relationships with the venture capital and investment banking communities in the New York, Mid-Atlantic, Silicon Valley, and international markets. Client industries served include clean technology and alternative energy; financial services, information technology, life sciences, and biotechnology; and media.

Areas of practice

  • Angel and venture capital financing
  • Employment and employee benefits
  • Energy regulation
  • Intellectual property protection and litigation
  • International expansion: China, Europe, Japan
  • Life sciences regulation
  • Life sciences transactions
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Outsourcing
  • Public offerings
  • Securities regulation
  • Technology transactions
  • Venture capital and private equity fund formation