Transactional & Business Litigation
START-UPS & EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
WLF advises founders and emerging companies on formation, governance, founder relationships, equity ownership, intellectual-property protection, commercial contracts, employment arrangements, financing preparation, regulatory compliance, and disputes arising during growth.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
WLF advises businesses, founders, executives, and investors in acquisitions, sales, mergers, strategic investments, restructurings, and succession transactions—from initial structuring and due diligence through negotiation, closing, and post-closing disputes.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
WLF advises and represents employers, executives, founders, professionals, and employees in matters involving employment agreements, incentive compensation, equity awards, severance, change-in-control protections, benefit plans, ERISA obligations, fiduciary duties, and compensation disputes.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING
WLF helps businesses and creators structure, negotiate, and enforce agreements governing the use, commercialization, transfer, and protection of intellectual property, technology, creative works, trademarks, patents, software, and confidential assets.
TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS
WLF advises companies, founders, developers, and technology providers on agreements involving software development, technology services, data rights, platform access, subscriptions, implementation, intellectual-property ownership, confidentiality, warranties, and risk allocation.
BRAND PROTECTION
WLF helps businesses develop and protect valuable brands through ownership planning, trademark strategy, licensing controls, marketplace monitoring, enforcement planning, and agreements governing authorized use of names, logos, products, and brand assets.
CONFIDENTIALITY & TRADE SECRET AGREEMENTS
WLF prepares and evaluates confidentiality, nondisclosure, invention-assignment, contractor, employee, and commercial agreements designed to protect trade secrets, proprietary information, technology, customer data, business methods, and other confidential assets.