Richard W. Bowe, P.C.

The firm's practice is primarily the representation of entrepreneurial companies. Clients include companies specializing in biotechnology, medical services and products, Internet business, telecommunications, computer software, and other technologies, engineering and services. The firm's practice has included the following substantive areas, among others:

Entity creation and structuring: Formation of corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships; corporate governing documentation such as charter and By-law documents; founder and employee stockholder agreements, LLC operating agreements; joint venture agreements.

Corporate Governance: Counselling corporate boards; corporate secretary activities; corporate succession planning.

Entity Finance: Private placements of securities, equity and debt financings, equipment and patent leasing agreements; commercial loan agreements; stock purchase agreements, securities exemption filings.

Corporate Transactions: Negotiating and documenting mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (stock and asset), investment advisor engagement agreements, confidentiality agreements, transactional agreements (shared services arrangements, stockholder agreements, investment/registration rights agreements, post-closing price adjustment issues, etc.); coordinating and conducting due diligence investigations; joint venture and teaming agreements.

Sales and Distribution: Agency, distribution, and sales agreements.

Intellectual Property: Intellectual property protection agreements; technology licenses (patents and unpatented technology); trademark registration and infringement matters.

Real Estate: Commercial real estate purchases and leases.

Employment matters: Employment, confidentiality, invention assignment and noncompetition agreements for employees and consultants; stock option plans and compensation agreements, termination agreements.

Trade Regulation: Antitrust merger analysis; Hart-Scott-Rodino filings; general trade regulation issues (e.g., pricing, Robinson-Patman, restraint of trade issues

Miscellaneous: Federal employee ethics regulations, charitable organization formation, tax exempt entity formation and qualification; health care joint ventures.