STARTUP – Special solutions focused on innovation and digital economy
Understanding the dynamic environment of startups is essential to define the most appropriate legal strategies at any stage of the business life cycle and aligned with the existing needs of digital economy and new technologies.
L.O. Baptista offers solutions specially designed for companies in this type of business. We draw on the wide experience of our partners and attorneys in a multidisciplinary team, with wide experience in the fields of corporate law, contracts, M&A, finance, compliance, competition, innovation & technologies, data privacy, intellectual property, health care & life sciences, labour law, tax and dispute resolution.
Our team of experts acts in an agile, accurate and innovative fashion, focusing on the specificities of our client’s business sectors and new opportunities for start-ups, such as those related to AgriTechs, EdTechs, FoodTechs,·FinTechs, GovTechs, HealthTech, HRtechs, LawTechs. We also seek to anticipate needs and provide legal certainty and predictability, all of which are essential for the success and longevity of startups, including their business and strategic projects focused on the expansion of activities, acceleration, investment rounds and internationalization.
Since 2018, the international directory Leaders League has recognized – year after year- our firm’s performance in the area of Startups & Innovation area.
How can we help?
- Business and investment-related transactions as well as corporate and partnership structuring.
- Negotiation and structuring of partnerships, corporate arrangements, joint ventures, and assessment of their legal and regulatory aspects
- Investment agreements, investment funds and crowdfunding
- Designing and implementing the company’s digital operations as to the use of platforms, websites, apps, and tokenization of assets
- Drafting and revising terms of use, commercial terms and conditions, privacy and cookie policies, information safety and cybersecurity policies
- Operational and commercial contracts and documents in general, such as logistics and supply contracts
- Contracts with professionals, ‘vesting agreements’ and compliance assessment for remote workforce and telework
- Drafting and revising IT/software related contracts, cloud computing services and IT outsourcing agreements.
- Legal assistance on transactions involving the structuring of business operations and intellectual property issues, such as trademarks, patents, copyright and computer programs, know-how, licensing agreements.
- Analysis of the tax related aspects of the business and providing legal advice for a lean, efficient structure adapted to the startup’s digital operations.
- Advising on Brazilian General Data Protection Act (‘LGPD’) and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in particular to bring the company’s activities compliant with data privacy laws and to adapt the development of new products to ‘privacy by design’ concept.
- Advising on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions targeting startups, sale of assets and stock purchase transactions.
- Advising clients on the emerging legal issues related to the Brazilian ‘Startups Legal Framework’ Act, preferential regulatory regimes (‘sandbox’) and representation of start-ups before regulatory and judicial authorities.
- Assistance on technical interventions and public submissions before executive and legislative bodies in Brazil and abroad, as well as those related to chambers of commerce and startup industry associations.
- Projects focused on internationalization of a startup and related legal review for the company’s operations in Brazil or in a foreign jurisdiction.
