Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Entrepreneurs have been a significant part of our clients since our foundation. We ourselves were a start-up at some point, so we are very familiar with the type of legal needs a new project has.
Start-ups with an innovative component in sectors as technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, public research institutions for science, health and technology are accompanied and well served by our experienced and multidisciplinary team.
Legal services in this area include:
- Investment agreements and shareholders’ agreements for start-ups
- Corporate law
- Secretarial services for Board of Directors
- Assessment regarding private investors as business angels, venture capital funds, family offices, pledge funds, etc.
- Protecting and exploiting intellectual or industrial property
- Support for public research centres to define and implement technology transfer and spin-off processes
- Labour aspects: stocks options, phantom shares and other incentive schemes for retaining talent
- Advice on national and international tax regarding start-ups
- Internationalisation of technological start-ups: joint ventures, licensing and international distribution contracts, international company incorporation, etc.
- Full assessment for entrepreneurs and start-ups
