Focus Area
Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
Founders, high-growth companies, and investors trust our Venture Capital & Emerging Companies team from formation through financing and exit. Our counsel is practical, business-focused, and value-driven—clearing the path for growth, scale, and successful outcomes.
Our team guides entrepreneurs and investors through critical early decisions involving entity selection, founder arrangements, capitalization structures, and intellectual property. Clients span industries such as software, communications, semiconductors, consumer products, healthcare, life sciences, and medical devices, with work extending across the Northeast, the U.S., and international markets including Europe, Israel, and India.
As companies mature, we advise on financings, strategic partnerships, technology transactions, governance matters, and data and privacy considerations. The practice draws on colleagues in tax, IP, employment, real estate, finance, securities, and M&A, ensuring issues are addressed seamlessly and transactions close on time. Clients benefit from senior-level attention and pragmatic, results-oriented guidance designed to advance long-term objectives.
We advise on a wide range of issues critical to emerging companies and their investors, including:
- Formation, founder arrangements, equity incentives, and governance.
- Seed, venture, and growth financings, including common and preferred equity and convertible debt.
- Strategic investments, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions.
- Intellectual property licensing and protection, as well as key commercial agreements.
- Executive compensation, employment counseling, privacy, and data security.
- Tax-efficient structuring, cross-border planning, and special situations.
Key Contacts
Jonathan Calla
Director, Boston
jcalla@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 0555
David L. Coombs
Director, Boston
dcoombs@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3563
Kristen E. Ferris
Director, Boston
kferris@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 0558
Linh N. Lingenfelter
Director, Boston
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