Private Investors
A minority stake is only as strong as the rights that come with it.
Information rights, preferences, transfer restrictions and a voice in key decisions determine what a private investment is actually worth. We help individual investors and family offices review deals, negotiate protections, and structure co-investments and joint ventures with trusted partners.
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Counsel for the capital and the project behind it.
We help investors decide how they hold each investment, what rights come with it and how control is shared with partners.
Governance & Ownership
Operating agreements, shareholder arrangements, boards and holding structures that settle who controls the business and how
Read →Private Investment Transactions
Direct, minority, co-investment and structured equity transactions negotiated to protect the investor's position.
Read →Project & Joint-Venture Structures
Joint-venture, sponsor and project-company structures that align partners on control, capital and risk.
Read →SIGNAL
Written for investors, sponsors and project teams.
Notes on the issues that come up most often in capital and project work.
All 10 SIGNAL articlesFederal Strategic Capital Is Reshaping Minerals Financing
Federal support for critical minerals is evolving from isolated grants and direct loans into an integrated capital stack that now includes fund-level leverage.
Qualified Small Business Stock and Venture Economics
The 2025 expansion of Section 1202 brought Qualified Small Business Stock into a much wider range of venture outcomes.
Airtable and the Exit Math of Venture Capital
Airtable is a reminder that a financing valuation is not an exit, and that preferred stock, capital raised and market repricing can materially change the common-stock outcome.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Matters of record.
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Manufacturers of a high-profile brand fan in a $500M deal with a private equity firm. The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.
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Served as counsel and a founding equityholder of Freespeech, helping launch the venture at SXSW. Continued advising Jason Fertel on DealBurner, including its incorporation and sale to CityPockets.
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Represented Vine from formation through its acquisition by Twitter and served as a founding adviser, combining early company-building counsel with transaction execution for the short-form video business.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Representative matters may include work performed at prior law firms.