IPG’s corporate and licensing practice assists our domestic and international clients structure and implement their business objectives. We offer a broad range of corporate services for privately held companies of all sizes. We counsel and advice business organizations and their directors, officers, shareholders and members on a wide range of matters from the planning and creation of the business entity (C corporations, S corporations, Limited Liability Companies, general and limited partnerships etc.) to ongoing corporate governance issues and maintenance, compliance standards and planning.

We provide a wide array of corporate legal services in connection with our clients’ domestic and international businesses needs including:

• Counseling business owners on issues such as board composition and structure, including voting requirements, membership qualifications, nominating procedures, committee structures and duties;
• Advice boards of directors, executive committees, special committees and managers about general corporate governance matters, fiduciary duties, conflict of interest, director nominations, shareholder communications, reporting requirements, disclosure and other obligations;
• Negotiating and drafting commercial agreements including reseller, distribution, vendor and service agreements, agency contracts, guaranties, employment agreements and independent contractor agreements;
• Negotiating and structuring asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, operating agreements and related documentation;
• Incorporating structuring and restructuring for domestic and foreign corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other joint ventures;
• Counseling on management succession, and compensation and benefits for executives and directors; and
• Shareholder derivative litigation.

IPG’s licensing practice focuses on counseling our domestic and international clients on developing and protecting their intellectual property rights. This issue is particularly important in cross-border transactions, where the differences in protection of intellectual property rights varies from one country to another. We assist our clients in licensing transactions involving a wide diversity of issues.

Our licensing services include:

• Counseling and advising clients on technology protection, technology transfers, and managing their intellectual property rights;
• Counseling and advising clients on setting up their co-branding and marketing arrangements;
• Assist clients in arranging their domestic and international joint ventures for the development and exploitation of intellectual property rights; and
• Drafting and negotiating cross-border license and franchise agreements, technology transfer and development agreements;