Contracts Investment

The creation, securitization, and exploitation of IP, IT, and other assets does not happen in a vacuum, and much of Au LLC legal service offerings comprise commercial transaction assistance. That activity can be sub-divided as follows:.

CONTRACTS

While the law does not require all agreements to be writing lest they be unenforceable, the old adage “get it in writing” is one by which to generally abide. The allocation of property rights, intellectual or otherwise, is intrinsic to most corporate, employment, and service-related agreements, and the following is a non-exclusive list of agreements we have drafted for clients.

IP

• Band Contest Agreements
• Book Publication Agreements
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Content Licensing Agreements
• Co-Authorship Agreements
• Contest Participation Agreements
• Contest Rules
• Contribution Agreements
• Co-Production Agreements
• Course Content Creation Agreements
• Mobile App EULAs
• Event Participation Releases
• Event Sponsorship Agreements
• Film Acquisition Agreements
• Trademark Licensing Agreements
• IP Rights Assignment Agreements
• IP Submission Agreements
• Media Distribution Agreements
• Model Releases
• Patent License Agreements
• Performance Agreements
• Photographic Services Agreements
• Production Agreements
• Project Submission and Bid Agreements
• Screenplay Purchase Agreements
• Web Developer Services Agreements
• Website Privacy Policies
• Website Terms of Use

Service

• Actor Agreements
• Agency Agreements
• Adjunct Faculty Agreements
• Artist Management Agreements
• Band Agreements
• Blogger Submission Agreements
• Composer Agreements
• Consignment Agreements
• Construction Agreements
• Consulting Agreements
• Event Parking Agreements
• Game Development Agreements
• Internet Marketing Services
• Agreements
• Master Services Agreement w/ SOWs
• Marketing Services Agreements
• Modification Agreement
• Move-In Packet Advertising
• Agreements
• Merchandise Agreement
• Promotion Agreement
• Professional Services Agreements
• Pub Crawl Agreements
• Referral Agreements
• Reseller Agreements
• SaaS Agreements
• Sales Consulting Agreements
• Services Agreements
• Social Event Waivers
• Software Development Agreements
• Software Escrow Service Agreements
• Software Reseller Agreements
• Software Licensing Agreements
• Software Maintenance Agreements
• Software Master Service Agreements
• Work for Hire Agreements
• Sponsorship Agreements
• Supplier Agreements
• Talent Agreements
• Technology Evaluation Agreements
• Training Agreement
• Venue Agreements
• Video Services Agreements
• Warrant Statements

Corporate

• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Commercial Leases
• Common Stock Purchase Agreements
• Convertible Bridge Purchase
• Agreement
• Corporate Bylaws
• LLC Dissociation Agreements
• Investor Rights Agreements
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Letter of Intents
• Limited Partnership Agreement
• LLC Operating Agreement
• Loan Agreements
• Membership Interest Purchase
• Agreements
• Partnership Agreements
• Secured Promissory Notes
• Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreements
• Residential Leases
• Restricted Common Stock Purchase Agreements
• Right of First Refusal and CoSale Agreements
• Security Agreements
• S-Corp Shareholder Agreements
• Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements
• Subscription Agreements

Employment

• Employment Agreements
• Employment Modification Agreements
• Employee Handbooks
• Freelancer Agreements
• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Independent Sales Rep Agreements
• Master Consulting Agreements
• Non-Compete / Non-Solicitation Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Severance Agreements
• Settlement Agreements
• Sexual Harassment Policies

 

INVESTMENT

A startup business is often floated on its owners’ initial capital contributions, as identified in the organizational documentation, until such time where either: (i) more capital is needed to continue the business; or (ii) the business has reached a stage, by design, where a substantial capital injection is needed to grow the business. The solicitation of such funding, more often in the later case, goes through periods called “venture rounds” by which investors are sought to either loan the business money or purchase an equity stake outright. Successful fundraising depends on appropriate incorporation, a sound business model, and an effective means (colloquially, a pitch) to “sell” the investment. The process of reaching out to potential sources of capital, or merely entertaining family-and-friends investors, is as much a marketing effort as it is a legal exercise in protecting your business and your interests therein. We provide counsel to business, nascent and established, which seek to either secure or expand their operations through loans, equity purchases, or other arrangements.