At Morris, Manning & Martin, our Venture Capital Practice provides a full range of legal services to the venture capital and emerging market communities. The lawyers in this practice group are committed to providing our clients with creative, practical and cost-effective assistance.  We are the leading provider of value-added legal services for technology, technology-enabled and business services with a presence in the Southeast who want to grow rapidly and have a successful liquidity event within 5-6 years.

• Represent more than 300 venture-backed clients throughout the U.S.
• Represented emerging market companies in over half of the VC transactions in Georgia from 1999 - 2010

We represent hundreds of growth companies in all phases of their life cycles, from incorporation, business plan preparation, seed and venture capital financing, intellectual property protection, employment matters, strategic relationships, business combinations and initial public offerings.

The Venture Capital Relationship

Our lawyers understand the venture capital process and offer clients strategies for negotiating and structuring venture investments. Lawyers in our Venture Capital Practice stay abreast of the evolving standards by which clients evaluate investments and the market terms of venture investments. We believe that a close understanding of the economics and business realities of each deal is critical to efficient deal management and effective representation. We understand the balance between obtaining appropriate terms and cultivating quality, long-term relationships between venture capital investors and the emerging growth in which they invest. We strive to maintain this balance while helping our venture capital investor and emerging growth company clients with the successful completion of their financing transactions.

All Stages of the Life Cycle

Through our longstanding history of representation of emerging growth companies, we have developed a solid understanding of the industries in which our emerging growth company clients participate and the specific legal needs of early stage enterprises. As a result, we are uniquely positioned to anticipate issues for fast growing companies, provide practical advice on a cost-efficient basis and help guide emerging growth companies through all phases of their life cycles.

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