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International Business Coming to the US

Silicon Valley is ground zero for the modern-day entrepreneur and a magnet for enterprising people with great ideas from all over the world.

EntrepreLaw is made up of lawyers particularly well-qualified to serve non-US companies doing business in Silicon Valley. We don't know all foreign cultures, of course: no-one could claim such breadth of experience. But we are the products of the range of foreign cultures where we have lived and worked as well as of the US.

Many of our competitors are eager to serve the growing number of international business people coming to Silicon Valley. "We have been there!" they will announce to you enthusiastically. In some capacity, probably.

None can claim the kind of extensive long-term immersion in international business and legal cultures that have made up our professional lives.

At the same time, we have extensive experience in Silicon Valley and have developed a vibrant network here comprised of investors, companies in the various tech domains, consultants in fields such as product development and marketing, accountants and of course lawyers in complementary fields.

Silicon Valley Deals

In Silicon Valley, our lawyers have advised on:

1. A wide range of start-up financings:

1. Several venture rounds leading up to the IPO of a telecoms infrastructure company which became a Wall Street darling
2. $155 million Series A round of a PC company
3. Venture rounds of French start-ups migrating to Silicon Valley

2. Significant Product Sales or License Agreements:

1. First customer contract for a start-up client with a Class 1 telecoms carrier
2. Model Licenses of a PC operating system that competes with Windows
3. Master Purchase Agreement of PC manufacturer with chip company supplier client

3. Joint ventures and M&A deals:

1. International portions of Micron's purchase of TI's memory business
2. Asian and US chip companies sharing a semiconductor production line
3. Merger of PC companies
4. French software company setting up a joint venture with two U.S blue chip corporations