Get the benefit of an in-house legal team without the overhead.

At Blilie Law we understand that not every business can afford an experienced general counsel on staff to oversee ongoing legal matters. But the answer isn’t spending countless hours searching the web for answers, copying language from templates, or using inexperienced service providers. Instead, through our outside general counsel services, you will have access to a team of attorneys and staff on-call to assist as requested. We learn your business on a granular level to provide you with tailored services and help you stay in front of legal issues, rather than always reacting to them. 

If you have ongoing legal needs and would like to learn more about our outside general counsel arrangement, please contact us for an initial consultation. 

From corporate formalities to creative corporate maneuvering for resolving problems or negotiations, Blilie Law is ready to help. 

Corporate law is an overwhelming part of business for many and, for even more, it’s a source of underutilized solutions to complicated business challenges.

From scaling startups to established businesses, our attorneys understand the corporate legal issues relevant to your company’s business life cycle. We regularly assist our clients with entity selection and formation, structuring control and decision making mechanisms, drafting shareholder agreements, creating protections for minority shareholders including anti-dilution and operational influence, advising on conflict-of-interest matters, facilitating board of director and shareholder meetings, documenting corporate actions and transactions, as well as other corporate governance matters.

Whether you are raising or investing capital, Blilie Law takes the guess work out of the equation.

At Blilie Law, we work with both scaling startups and investors, which allows us to provide clients with unique insight into the people sitting across the table during a negotiation.  

From pre-revenue through acquisition or some other liquidity event, we help clients navigate each scenario to avoid the legal pitfalls that accompany them. Even the ever appealing “friends and family” financing requires careful attention. Whether through convertible notes, simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), or equity securities such as common or preferred stock, we will guide you through your financing options including what instruments are appropriate and the important deal points up for negotiation.
 
Beyond legal services, we closely track regional activity so that we know the players, the norms, and the supporting service providers in order to provide our clients with the information and introductions they need to continue their success.

Tech companies have unique legal challenges and we love to solve them.

The speed that tech develops consistently outpaces advances in law. Consequently, tech executives often face questions with little or no guidance from common sources of precedence. Our attorneys understand this unique posture and we closely follow the legal developments impacting the tech industry so that we can provide real-time guidance.

Whether it’s dealing with an uncertain regulatory environment or simply understanding the application of well-established laws to your specific tech, we will efficiently distill even the most complicated matters to actionable information.

Need to protect your brand? Building an IP portfolio? Worried about protecting valuable trade secrets? We can help.

We focus on three main forms of intellectual property – Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets. Ensuring your brand is properly protected under federal trademark law not only allows you to develop your intellectual property portfolio, but also helps to ensure you do not incur future unnecessary costs due to trademark infringement claims, such as having to change your trade name long after costly investments in marketing and building your brand. We offer a comprehensive set of trademark services including for example: (i) trademark availability searches; (ii) filing intent-to-use and in-use federal trademark applications; (iii) filing state trademark applications; (iv) filing international trademark applications; (v) responding to and/or sending cease and desist letters; (vi) contesting and/or opposing trademark applications; (vii) representation in official TTAB proceedings; (viii) post registration services, such as filing Affidavits of Use, Incontestability forms, and Renewals; and (ix) counsel as to best practices for protecting your Trademark.
 
We also assist clients with filing and obtaining federal Copyright. Do you ever wonder why those found to be illegally downloading music were slapped with hefty fines even when they only downloaded 10-20 songs? Simple – It’s because of statutory damages. At Blilie Law, we can help you: (i) assess the copyrightability of your work; (ii) file for the appropriate protection; (iii) send and/or respond to cease and desist letters; and (iv) determine the best practices for protecting your Copyright.

Beyond registrable IP, confidential and proprietary information is often our client’s most valuable asset, which makes trade secret law an ever present consideration. We provide answers and practical information to help you stay in compliance with the law so you have the benefit of its protection when you need it most.

Disputes are a byproduct of doing business. When they arise, our experienced attorneys are ready to assist.

As your venture grows, so does the scope and severity of your legal exposure. At Blilie Law, we work with our clients to anticipate and prevent potential disputes, however, some are simply unavoidable. We frequently help our clients avoid costly litigation by becoming involved when disputes arise and the situation is still salvageable. For matters that are not ripe for quick resolution, our seasoned attorneys are prepared and equipped to represent our clients in all forms of legal action.