Practice Areas
Start-Up Counseling
Kevin's experience with a number of start-ups has made him keenly aware of the issues and concerns that start-up companies face. From bigger picture concerns such as financing rounds, strategic transactions, intellectual property protection and commercial contracts, to areas less visible but no less important such as development of company policies, best practices for legal and contract administration, and due diligence preparations, Kevin can address your start-up's needs.
Kevin can assist you from inception, forming your corporation or limited liability company, issuing founders' stock, adopting a stock plan, negotiating and closing angel and VC financings, and working with you as your company grows and matures.
Commercial/CPG Transactions
Whatever your business needs, Kevin is likely to have addressed them at least once in his long legal career. Kevin has supported numerous organization functions, including business development, sales, marketing, engineering, human resources, IT and finance.
Among other business arrangements, Kevin has prepared and negotiated promotion and sponsorship agreements, strategic partnerships, manufacturing agreements, distribution agreements, subscription agreements, customer agreements, advertising agency agreements, consulting agreements, recruitment/agency agreements, real estate leases, and employment agreements. Kevin also has expertise with promotions, sweepstakes and contests.
Technology
Transactions
Kevin has considerable experience drafting and negotiating a variety of technology agreements, including master services agreements, complex technology licensing agreements (inbound and outbound), SaaS agreements, development agreements, and technology and software evaluation licenses.
Kevin also has worked closely with product management, development, IT and engineering teams in the past on numerous technological issues, including advising on service level agreements, maintenance agreements, open source software agreementa and issues, and product and product feature launches.
Operating in the mobile space presents a unique set of challenges and issues. The law of mobile is still in its infancy and rapidly developing in this area, and mobile app ecosystems operate differently than many other commercial marketplaces. The law of the Internet, while more developed than of mobile, still presents a number of challenges in itself.
Kevin's experience in working on both sides of the mobile app ecosystem, as the primary legal counsel for the Amazon Appstore and as the General Counsel of a leading mobile gaming company, gives him tremendous knowledge and insight in this space, from understanding COPPA and GDPR, to preparing comprehensive but straightforward website and online services terms and conditions and EULAs, to negotiating mobile and internet advertising agreements, to navigating the mobile appstore ecosystem and e-commerce issues.
Mobile/Internet
Law
Intellectual Property Law
Kevin provides strategic guidance and practical advice to his clients regarding the protection of their trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, including trademark searches and screening reviews, trademark and copyright registrations, and intellectual property enforcement, working closely on occasion with trademark and patent specialists.
Kevin also utilizes his experience to help his clients negotiate non-disclosure agreements, draft privacy policies, follow best practices for privacy protection and data security, and prepare and enforce trademark use guidelines.