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Who We Are | What We Do | How We Do It | Industries We Serve | What Clients Say | Representative Experience
Who We Are
Connecting Worldwide Resources with Growing Companies.
Through e-Commerce, growing companies with big ideas can bring the world's marketplace to their doors. V&E; connects clients with our worldwide resources and experienced lawyers who have helped clients—from startups to Fortune 100 companies—in all facets of e-Commerce, ranging from website development to international licensing, to initial public offerings. We understand how to assist you in building your brand, protecting your ideas, and capitalizing on rapidly expanding e-Commerce opportunities before the competition gets there first.
What We Do
Been there. Done that.
We're comfortable with technology and in advising companies that sell it or whose business future depends upon it. Our e-Commerce/Internet Practice Group includes lawyers with substantial experience in technology, engineering, and intellectual property and the business and transactional skills necessary to protect your intellectual capital in today's global market.
Protecting your ideas.
Clients look to V&E;'s recognized experts in intellectual property to assist them in all aspects of protecting technology and intellectual capital—from the back room to the board room to the courtroom.
Protecting Your Brand.
V&E; assists clients in protecting their brands, symbols, trademarks, domain names, and other valuable assets from exploitation by others.
Preserving Intellectual Capital.
Finding and retaining talented employees could be your greatest challenge. V&E;'s worldwide employment group has substantial experience in assisting our e-Commerce clients in developing employee policies and plans, including stock option and other incentive plans, and devices to keep your intellectual capital from walking out the door.
We know our way around the Courthouse.
Euromoney's Commercial Litigation magazine ranked V&E; among the world's top trial firms in 1999. We know how to assist our clients in protecting their intellectual capital and how to pursue wrongdoers who threaten your bottom line. With a proven, consistent record in complex trials, litigation, and appeals, V&E;'s e-Commerce trial team has the skills, experience, and credibility to protect your investment.
How We Do It
Rapid Response.
Timing is critical in the e-world. You’ve got to move faster than your competition and so do your lawyers. V&E; works deals in days that used to take weeks in other industries. Our ability to respond quickly and efficiently ensures that your products and ideas get to the marketplace faster—ahead of the other guys.
Industries We Serve
Bio-technology
Broadcasting
Computers
Consumer products and services
Electronics
Energy
Financial services
Health care
Internet
Media and publishing
Medical and scientific devices
Real estate
Retail
Semiconductors
Software
Telecommunications
What Clients Say
New Economy Leader.
American Lawyer's 1998 and 1999 client surveys ranked V&E; among the top law firms nationwide in numerous categories vital to e-Commerce, from raising capital to mergers and acquisitions, and recognized V&E; as the leading New Economy law firm in the Southwest. Texas Lawyer listed V&E; as the firm named most often as outside counsel to Texas-based Forbes 500 companies.
Raising Capital.
V&E; represents some of the world’s largest private equity funds, venture capital firms, and other private equity investors. We also represent companies seeking capital. In the last three years alone, clients hired V&E; in over 200 public offerings and Rule 144A offerings. American Lawyer named V&E; among the nation’s top law firms for its experience as issuer’s counsel in IPO’s and equity offerings; as underwriters’ counsel for equity offerings; and as both issuer’s and underwriter’s counsel for the most money raised.
Acquire or be Acquired.
American Lawyer also ranked V&E; among the nation’s top law firms for the most mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies, acquirers, bidders, targets, and clients overall.
Representative Experience
Our e-Commerce/Internet Practice Group has represented clients in:
IPO’s
Private placements
Initial investments
Venture capital financing
Mergers and acquisitions
Strategic relationships
Services agreements with Internet companies
Data services agreements
Web site development
Content licenses
Trademark prosecution and licensing
Copyright registrations of on-line content
Trade secrets and unfair competition
Software piracy
Domain name issues
Internet privacy policies
Hart-Scott-Rodino and antitrust issues
Document authentication systems
Digital signatures and encryption
Security issues, cyber-vandalism, hacking
Strategic counseling
End user agreements
Employment agreements and employee benefits
Etailing
Web trading
Strategic technology contracts
Content delivery agreements
Internet-based distribution systems
b2b: establishing on-line, business to business relationships
Procurement solutions
Litigation
Enforcing intellectual property rights
Taxation
United States and foreign regulations
Import/export issues
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