No industry moves faster or makes a bigger impact on the way we live than the technology industry. Technology innovators in software, hardware, gaming, entertainment and telecom turn to Foley Hoag to help secure and maintain their leadership positions in the competitive tech industry. We provide a comprehensive array of technology legal services for companies in all stages of development, from conception through profitability and beyond.
Our technology clients seek our help from the formative stages of incorporation through equity and debt financings, public offerings, post-IPO transactions, reporting and compliance. This helps our tech clients successfully complete complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, product-line acquisitions/divestitures, management buyouts, corporate restructurings, and leveraged acquisitions.
Foley Hoag lawyers in Boston have played a key role in New England’s technology community since its earliest years, from representing Cullinet Software in the country’s first IPO by a software company in 1978, to helping Exa Corporation complete its IPO in 2012. As the first major law firm to be based in Boston’s Innovation (Seaport) District, we have helped turn the area into a leading destination for incubators, start-ups, business plan competitions, life sciences and biotechnology companies.
We are proud to call many of New England’s technology start-ups our tech clients, and work closely with them to provide the partner-level attention every entrepreneur deserves. In addition, as so many of our clients have grown into successful public companies, we also play a significant role in supporting the public technology company industry in New England.
Counsel for Investing, Financing, Intellectual Property & More
As a top law firm, Foley Hoag provides a full range of services to start-up technology clients and some of the leading venture capital firms in New England. We often leverage our extensive contacts in both areas to make key introductions and provide intelligence on “how the other side thinks.” On the other end of the business cycle, we represent mid- and large-cap technology companies with private equity investments, debt financings, IPOs and other equity financings. We also regularly work with the investment banks that focus on the technology industry.
We understand that safeguarding innovation is essential for success in technology. Our experienced team can help you aggressively protect your intellectual property by resolving disputes commercially, or, if necessary, through litigation to enforce your rights.
Our lawyers are highly focused on providing clients with representation on all of their public company regulatory issues. Our practice has grown as regulations have multiplied, so we have the knowledge to provide you with the regulatory support you need to focus on your company’s long-term growth strategy.
With all these considerations covered, a company is still only as good as its workforce. That’s why we bring decades of experience to technology labor law, engineer and programmer employment and immigration law, which are growing more complex by the day. We handle concerns around wages and hours, organized labor, non-competition agreements, Sarbanes-Oxley investigations, stock options, ERISA, immigration and personnel management strategies.
In addition, our unique Global Business & Human Rights practice will support you as your company grows, for example by increasing overseas production and procurement of raw materials. Wherever you do business, we will help ensure that your tech company’s social, ethical and humanitarian reputation stays strong.
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