Tech Startups & Tech Transactions
In the firm’s Tech Startups & Tech Transactions practice, Hays Ellisen helps tech startups and mobile app/website developers:
- form new LLCs and corporations,
- raise funds from angel investors,
- engage in tech transactions, and
- exit through sales of business assets or IPOs.
Legal services for tech startups are available for an hourly-rate, and are also available for flat rates on a project-by-project basis.
The Tech Startups & Tech Transactions practice group of Hays C. Ellisen Law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
Startup Formation & Tech Transactions
- Company Formation – Choice of Entity and Jurisdiction
- Founders Agreements / Operating Agreements / Shareholder’s Agreements
- Technology Transfers
- Licensing Agreements
- Trademarks & Intellectual Property
- Non-Disclosure Agreements / Confidentiality Agreements
Capital Raising
- Straight Debt / Convertible Debt
- Straight Equity
- Preferred Equity
- Friends and Family / Angel Rounds
- Series A – VC Financing
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Banking & Finance
In the firm’s Banking and Finance practice, Hays Ellisen helps lenders and borrowers with respect to:
- bank loan agreements,
- credit agreements,
- promissory notes, and
- guarantees and security agreements.
The Banking and Finance practice group of Hays C. Ellisen law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
- Loan Agreements
- Credit Agreements
- Security Agreements and Guarantees
- Asset-Backed Lending / Factoring Agreements
- Promissory Notes / Private Loans
- Convertible Debt / Hybrid Debt
- Securitization / Esoteric Finance / Credit Derivatives
Business Litigation
Hays Ellisen is an expereinced Business Litigator who represents plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of commercial mediation, arbitration, and litigation matters. Hays Ellisen acts effectively in a dispute to:
- aggresively and zealously represent the interests of his client,
- obtain the most efficient and effective solution to any business dispute, and
- find creative “win-win” solutions for clients and their adversaries.
The Business Litigation practice group of Hays C. Ellisen Law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
- Breach of Contract Cases
- Contract-Related Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- IP-Related Claims
- Disputes Among Business owners (Business Divorce)
- Claims by Shareholders (Derivative Claims, Breach of Fiduciary Duty)
Fintech / Bitcoin & Blockchain
Hays Ellisen has substantial experience representing Fintech/Bitcoin & Blockchain companies, including:
- online lending platforms operators,
- asset managers forming bitcoin/crypto investment funds, and
- app developers developing Fintech apps for iOS and Android.
The Fintech/Bitcoin & Blockchain practice group of Hays C. Ellisen Law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
- Online lending platforms
- Online payment processors
- Banking and Credit Apps
- Mobile Payments / E-Wallets
- Algorithmic Investing and Trading
- Blockchain/Distributed Legder/Smart Contracts
- Bitcoin/Alts Investment Funds
Employment Law
As part of his Employment Law practice, Hays Ellisen helps clients by:
- advising employers and employees on legal issues,
- drafting employment and independent contractor agreements, and
- preparing employee manuals and policies.
The Employment Law practice group of Hays C. Ellisen Law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
- Employment Agreements
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Work-for-hire / Assignment of IP / Confidentiality Agreements
- Stock Option / Incentive Compensation Plans and Agreements
- Severance Agreements / Employee Termination
- Employee Compliance Manuals and Policies
Business Divorce
Business Owners often have the best of intentions when joining together to form a business. Over time, however:
- business owners’ interests may diverge,
- disagreements or deadlock may occur on key business issues, and
- members may desire to leave the business or to close it down and liquidate the assets.
The Business Divorce practice group of Hays C. Ellisen Law Offices provides legal assistance with the following matters:
- Mediation and Arbitration
- Negotiation and Structuring of Settlement Agreements
- Agreements by Partners to Buy or Sell the Business
- Agreements by Partners to Withdraw from the Business
- Litigation between and among Business Owners
- Judicial Dissolution and Wind-down of Businesses