practice areas
Our role on your team
As a firm that specializes in partnering with entrepreneurs, we’re there to help every step of the way, from formation to exit.
for startups and early stage
O&A’s lawyers have been working with startups for decades. And with our exclusive StartupProgram.com, you’ll get the best of legal services and education at an affordable price.
STARTUPPROGRAM.COM
StartupProgram.com is O&A’s exclusive business formation services and educational platform for new startups. SUP gives you everything you need to legally form a venture-capital-ready company for a lot less than traditional legal services.
COMPANY FORMATION
From incorporation filings to stock agreements to intellectual property assignments to stock incentive plans, O&A can help ensure you startup is launched with a sound legal foundation and with the tools you need for success.
EARLY FINANCING
Whether you’re putting your own money into your startup or getting investments from friends and family, O&A can help make seed-funding deals that work for both your company and your investors. And we’re ready to help with angel financing, too.
for established companies
From financing deals to stock plans, to partnerships and global expansion, through getting acquired or going public, O&A is by your side throughout the life of your company.
FINANCING
When your financing goals level up to angel or venture capital rounds, O&A is with you to provide the legal support for getting the best terms for your startup – and to help you negotiate the balancing act of winning the cash infusion while retaining control of your company.
PEOPLE OPERATIONS
Hiring for a startup isn’t the same as hiring for a traditional company. With equity compensation, confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property assignments, there are a lot of legal considerations when growing your team. O&A can help ensure you’ve got your hiring house in order.
IP AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
A startup’s intellectual property is at the core of the company’s value. O&A’s team will help put the proper safeguards in place to protect it, from IP assignments for founders to confidentiality agreements for new hires.
FUND FORMATION AND INVESTOR REPRESENTATION
O&A is a leading firm representing the new class of nimble, hyper-targeted investors and funds.
HYPER-TARGETED VC FUNDS
The last decade has seen the growth of mega-funds raising billions of dollars and transforming the growth VC market, but also driving up complexity and overhead. This has created a new space, for emerging investors that raise hyper-targeted venture funds of $1M-$50M that can be nimble with less overhead. O&A is a leader in designing and closing hyper-targeted fund vehicles with tax efficiency.
INVESTMENTS
O&A is a deal maker, helping investors craft terms while providing a safe and practical legal foundation for seed, angel and venture-capital rounds.
SECONDARY SALES
The emergence of new platforms and regulations have opened up a large secondary market for buying and selling private company stock, offering founders and seed-stage investors the opportunity for early liquidity in successful growth companies. O&A is a specialist in closing secondary market transactions.