Complex Business Litigation
Startup, Technology, and Venture Law
Practice areas
Commercial Litigation
Grellas Shah represents technology companies in the broad range of commercial disputes that can lead to litigation, including breaches of contract, unfair competition, and tortious interference…
Intellectual Property Litigation
Grellas Shah’s litigators have consistently achieved favorable outcomes for their clients in IP litigation, including claims brought for misappropriation…
Trade Secret and Employee Mobility Litigation
A tech-driven economy sets up a seeming conflict – businesses cannot survive without vigorously protecting their trade secrets…
Securities Litigation
Grellas Shah’s litigators have represented numerous companies and their officers and directors in shareholder class actions and derivative actions, as well as litigation arising out of mergers and acquisitions.
Founder Disputes
The co-founder relationship is one of excitement and promise, but also stress and high-emotion. It is not unusual for close co-founders to wind up in a dispute after months or years of working…
Commercial and International Arbitration
Grellas Shah has extensive experience representing clients in binding contractual arbitration, both with domestic arbitration before entities such as the American Arbitration Association (AAA)…
Cross-Border Disputes
Represented a Silicon Valley-based company offering a collaborative content creation and adaptive learning platform in an international arbitration against an Italian partner for breach…
Employment Litigation
Grellas Shah has experience representing employers in dispute with employees asserting claims for unpaid wages, wrongful termination, wage-and-hour disputes, and claims brought under the Private…
Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement Actions
Grellas Shah regularly represents individuals and companies in inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions brought by state and federal agencies.
Internal Investigations and White Collar Defense
Grellas Shah has a robust white collar defense practice and has extensive experience addressing criminal investigations and prosecutions in the areas of securities and accounting fraud…
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Traditional court litigation is not the only, and often not the best, way to resolve a dispute. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures, either in lieu of or in conjunction with traditional litigation…
Venture Financing
Our attorneys have a depth of experience in representing companies in venture, angel, and strategic investment rounds. We know that fundraising is one of the most important and consequential milestones in the lifecycle of a startup venture.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We regularly represent companies, on both buy-side and sell-side, in M&A and other change of control transactions. Our firm has the in-house corporate, tax, and intellectual property expertise to advise on both domestic and cross-border deals, from simple to the most complex.
General Corporate
We have a depth of knowledge and experience providing tailored corporate law and transactional advice at every stage of the lifecycle of a company, from initial structuring, to corporate governance, recapitalization, and restructuring. And we do so in a practical…
Commercial and Tech Transactions
Our team advises clients on and negotiates the range of commercial and technology transactions, from the simplest to the most sophisticated, and have negotiated agreements with the range of major players in the tech industry.
Patents And Trademarks
For technology-based startups, patents can be critical to maximizing the value of intellectual property and enhancing a business’s competitive position. We have the in-house expertise to help our clients achieve these goals by counseling startups on their patent strategy and filing…
Startup And Founder Disputes
The co-founder relationship is one of excitement and promise, but also stress and high-emotion. It is not unusual for close co-founders to wind up in a dispute after months or years of working closely together. Between our corporate & litigation…
Business Tax
We provide counseling on tax strategy and planning for emerging ventures of all sizes and can help you navigate the tension between your tax and business objectives.
Specific areas of tax assistance that we regularly provide include…
Business Immigration
We offer a full range of business immigration law services in conjunction with our corporate law practice.
Our lawyers provide immigration law counsel and assistance to startups wishing to hire non-U.S.
Resources
Startup 101
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Latest News
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Client Advisories
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Blog
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Meet Our Attorneys
Who We Are
We are a full-service boutique law firm. We bring a sophisticated, yet practical approach to representing our clients. Our core practices focus on startups, technology, and venture law, as well as complex business litigation.
Our startup, technology, and venture law practice provides wraparound services from structuring, to financings and M&A, and everything in between. But unlike our competitors, our boutique scale allows us to provide a level of client service and attention to early and mid-stage startups that cannot be found at larger firms. We pride ourselves on our founder-focus when representing startups and do not let conflicting loyalties guide our representation.
Our complex business litigation team brings together big-firm litigation experience and the agility of a boutique to provide high-quality representation at more reasonable cost. Grellas Shah’s litigation expertise spans the range of litigation issues impacting tech companies, their directors, officers, employees, and investors, including intellectual property, securities, employment, contracts, and regulatory and internal investigations.
Our Blog
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