Outside Counsel for Startups and Small Businesses
Uchino Law provides the following services to both startups and entrepreneurs who desire to start and grow their business in the State of California.
- Incorporation of business entities
- Corporate governance and corporate compliance
- Corporate restructuring
- Assist with the legal aspects of financing
- Create terms of service and privacy policies for websites
- Trademark and copyright registration and prosecution
- Create contract templates
- Negotiate commercial and IP transactions
- Create internal policies to comply with federal and California regulations
Please note that Uchino Law, P.C. does not handle employment, immigration and tax-related matters. If you need a referral, please let us know.
Below are some noteworthy matters that Mas has worked on in the past with startups.
Noteworthy Financing Deals
- Represented a Japanese startup operating in the US to help close a $60M Series D financing round that included approximately 20 investors (including CVCs) from both the US and overseas
- Represented a software & retail company to help close a $10M post-Series B bridge financing round that consisted of convertible notes
- Represented a retail company to help close a $2M Series A financing round that included over 10 investors from both the US and overseas
Noteworthy Engagements with Startups and Investors
- Served as Acting Head of Legal for an entertainment and technology startup for 7 months while the company searched for a permanent Head of Legal candidate
- Represented an angel investor that invested over 30 million dollars into multiple Japanese startups
- Represented a rapidly growing non-profit startup that converted into a for-profit benefit corporation
- Represented a Hawaiian procurement startup that operated in the Pacific Islands and created more than 20 contract templates
