Ink LLP is a business law firm that provides strategic counsel to high-growth companies and those that build them.
What distinguishes Ink LLP from other law firms is:
Our focus on high-growth companies,
Our deep understanding and knowledge in technology and other high-growth industries,
Our experience as entrepreneurs, and
Our commitment to accessibility, transparency, clear communication, and responsiveness.
OUR STORY
our expertise
We are passionate about business and emerging industries. That passion, matched with our experience and expertise, allows us to effectively help our clients Establish, Finance, Scale and Exit their businesses.
ESTABLISH
It is important that your business be structured in a way that reflects your ambitions for growth – whether as an emerging company on the venture-track, a holding company built to protect assets and investments, or an owner-managed company aimed at optimizing tax positions.
With our focus on growth, most of our work here is on establishing “investable” businesses that are built to manage the corporate challenges that come with rapid scaling. We apply a similar approach to the holding companies, special purpose vehicles, venture capital corporations and owner-managed companies we represent, by optimizing structure, governance and administration to help realize their ambition.
Our work here can include:
Company formation (incorporation) and structuring.
Corporate governance.
Shareholder and Co-founder management and relations.
Personnel management (employees, contractors, executives).
Equity or profit share incentive plans.
In short, we assist with all legal services that relate to the corporate entity that operates your business.
FINANCE
We manage and provide legal counsel on capital raising transactions end-to-end, from structuring and negotiation of term sheets to close of financing.
Our team is fluent in private equity financings and understands the critical nuances that exist in industry verticals such as technology. We regularly advise on financings involving equity / shares, debt (secured and otherwise), convertible debt and equity (including SAFEs), mezzanine and bridge structures, and cross-border structures.
Our work here can include:
Developing a strategy for financing with entrepreneurs.
Conducting due diligence for investors.
Negotiating and managing transaction deal terms.
Ensuring securities compliance and filing requirements.
In short, we help our clients understand their options for raising capital and how they relate to their overall ambitions as a business, determine the most optimal strategy for financing based on their stage of growth, and navigate every step involved in completing those transactions.
SCALE
We are deeply involved in the development and execution of our client’s commercialization strategies.
We look at the entire supply chain of a business when advising businesses, so that we can effectively speak to the risk management and contractual issues relating to suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and consumers.
Our work here can include:
Strategies for monetizing intellectual property.
Managing privacy and data issues.
Regulatory compliance in areas relating to cryptocurrency.
Contract drafting and negotiation relating to services, outsourcing, licensing, reselling, and royalties.
SaaS contracting.
Joint venture and partnership creation.
In short, we help our clients with all matters that arise in connection with the growth and commercialization of their business.
EXIT
Most high-growth companies have a view to exit. Exits most typically come in the form of mergers, acquisitions, or go-public transactions (IPO or RTO).
We ensure that our clients’ ambitions for exit are infused into all of the advice we provide them, at every stage and on every issue, so that they are well positioned to achieve that goal.
When it comes time for the exit, we’re ready.
Our work here can include:
Ensuring that all work done is exit-minded from the start.
Advising on the strategies and structures available for an acquisition or go-public transaction.
Negotiating key transaction terms to structure the deal in favour of our client.
In short, we help entrepreneurs and investors achieve successful exits.
Industry spotlight: Technology
While we advise companies in the areas of Finance, Education, Retail, Food & Beverage, Agriculture, Trade, Health Care, Production, Media, Logistics, and Music (among others), most of our work is focused on the Technology industry.
The Technology industry is unlike any other.
To build well and ensure strong growth, you need legal counsel that speaks the language of the industry, understands its nuances, and is familiar with its ecosystem.
We have developed that strength in technology through decades of experience (both as lawyers and entrepreneurs in the space), and by advising hundreds of companies in the areas of: e-commerce, fintech, web 3.0, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, agritech, wearables and hardware, telecommunications, consumer goods and electronics, robotics, oil and gas tech, software (including SAAS), VR/AR, medical and digital health tech, life sciences and data management.
We are passionate about technology, and deeply understand how technology companies are built. We were also built from the ground up to support startups and understand their needs.
CONTACT US
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