CMARTINS Advogados has a dedicated practice area for the legal service of startups, scale-ups and investors, offering comprehensive and specialized support at every stage of the innovation and investment cycle. With a strategic and multidisciplinary approach, we advise from the conception of an idea through to complex fundraising and liquidity transactions, combining technical knowledge with sensitivity to the challenges of the entrepreneurial environment.
Our practice covers:
- Corporate Structuring and Reorganization: definition and reorganization of corporate models suited to the company's reality and stage of maturity, with a focus on governance, risk mitigation and capital attraction.
- Drafting and Review of Investment Agreements: negotiation of instruments typical of the innovation ecosystem, such as SAFEs, convertible loans, investment agreements, option contracts, vesting clauses, tag along, drag along, among others.
- Legal Due Diligence: coordination and execution of legal audits focused on contingencies and risks that may impact the company's operations or valuation.
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): management of acquisition, sale and integration processes, including incorporations, mergers, spin-offs, and purchase and sale of equity interests, among others.
- Angel Investor and Fund Advisory: representation of investors in the analysis, structuring and formalization of investments, with a focus on legal certainty and alignment of interests.
- Commercial Contracts: drafting and negotiation of contractual instruments tailored to the agile and innovative dynamics of the sector, ensuring legal certainty without compromising business flexibility.
- Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets: legal protection of trademarks, patents, software, trade secrets and other assets that form the core value of the company.
- Franchising and Licensing: work on the development of franchise, licensing and brand distribution projects, from the identification of the franchise subject matter to the drafting of contracts and analysis of the Franchise Offering Circular.
- Legal Management: full consulting, acting as true legal managers across civil, consumer, labor, corporate, tax, intellectual property and contractual law.
- Administrative and Judicial Litigation: specialization in strategic and high-demand litigation across the most relevant market segments, such as technology, financial, banking, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, automotive, insurance, reinsurance, entertainment, general services, industry and retail and wholesale trade.
