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 In addition to acting as
general corporate counsel, Alliance Counsel provides assistance with
a variety of business transactions. The following lists a selection
of our attorneys' current and/or prior clients and representative
transactions.
SOFTWARE
AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY LICENSING Alchemedia Technologies,
Everdream, Lyris Technologies, GalenWorks, BusinessLynx, Digital
Foundry
Representative Transactions:
- Alchemedia - All software license and support agreements; OEM
agreements, including integration with RSA Security's BSAFE
(encryption) technology; Reseller and distribution agreements with
Adobe, Akamai, SPSS and OpenText; Strategic alliance agreements
with Oracle and Lotus/IBM.
- Everdream - All product license and service agreements,
including Fortune 500 clients; OEM agreements, including
private-labeling of service for a major PC manufacturer; Reseller
and distribution agreements with ADP, Inc. and other American and
European partners; renegotiated $4M sale & services agreement
with customer Chapter 11 bankruptcy estate; development of
standard form sales contracts.
- Lyris - Revenue generating contracts, including enterprise and
consumer software license and distribution agreements; Enforcement
of confidentiality agreements.
- GalenWorks - Development and Software Agreement with Fortune
500 partner
- Digital Foundry - Web site development and software
development agreements.
 | TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND
E-COMMERCE Informative, Aptimus, Everdream, InTouch Group,
SoftCoin, TrafficBuyer.com, Magnatune.com
Representative Transactions:
- Aptimus (formerly XMarkstheSpot)- All revenue generating
agreements, including over 100 technology services agreements and
strategic alliance agreements, and all vendor contracts.
- Everdream - Technology license and distribution agreements
with Microsoft Corporation, Siebel Systems, Inc., Mobile
Automation, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Oracle Corporation,
Symantec Corporation, and Connected Corporation; website-related
revenue generating and revenue sharing agreements.
- Informative - Marketing survey technology and software license
agreements.
- SoftCoin - Technology/promotion services agreements with
Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, Verizon Wireless, and Frito-Lay
with an aggregate value exceeding $7M; Strategic alliance
agreements, including with AOL.
- Magnatune - On-line music distribution agreements and on-line
music sublicense agreements.
- TrafficBuyer - Advertiser and publisher insertion order
agreements; anti-spam law analysis.
VENTURE
CAPITAL FINANCING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Crystal Geyser
Water Company, Java City Coffee, Artco-Bell, Lyris Technologies,
Aptimus, InterWest Partners, Everdream
Representative
Transactions:
- Aptimus (formerly XMarkstheSpot) - Series B ($7.5M in March
2000).
- Everdream - Series C ($35M in September 2000); Series D ($12M
in December 2002).
- InterWest Partners - Venture investments into companies such
as Il Fornaio restaurants, Java City Coffee Company, and Pearl
Izumi.
- Crystal Geyser Water Company's acquisition by investment
group.
- Merger between Java City and Caravali Coffee Company that
combined the companies' retail and wholesale operations.
- Acquisition of two leading school furniture manufacturers,
Midwest Folding Products and Artco-Bell Holding Company, by Bay
Area investor groups.
- Acquisition by Lyris of competing email hosting company,
SparkLIST.com, in August 2002.
- Acquisition by Aptimus of on-line marketing technology
company, XMarkstheSpot, in September 2000.
DEBT
FINANCING AND RESTRUCTURING
Representative
Transactions:
- Closed $15M debt facility with Hewlett-Packard Credit
Corporation in December 2000.
- Closed $3M equipment lease with Heller Financial Leasing, Inc.
(purchased by GE Capital Corporation) in December 2000.
- Restructured significant outstanding debt facility to
accomplish buy-out at approx. 50% value in December 2001.
- Aptimus (formerly XMarkstheSpot) - Negotiated with over 35
creditors to reduce over $4M of debt, which led to completion of
acquisition.
REAL
ESTATE Il Fornaio Restaurants, Crystal Geyser Water Company,
SoftCoin, Lyris, Alchemedia
Representative
Transactions:
- Negotiated acquisition and financing of 120,000 square foot
retail and warehouse project in Southern California; handled
leasing of space to regional and national companies.
- Worked on series of long-term restaurant leases for Il Fornaio
with major retail property owners.
- Negotiated 7-year commercial real estate lease for client in
December 2000; negotiated early termination of lease and
conversion to short-term lease in December, 2002.
- SoftCoin - Negotiated 3-year commercial lease (50K sq ft) in
March 2002.
- Lyris - Negotiated 5-year commercial lease (35K sq ft) in
December 2002.
- Alchemedia - Negotiated lease buyout, relieving client of
$4.3M of lease liability.
LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT
Representative Transactions:
- Negotiated and drafted employment agreements, employee
proprietary information and inventions agreements; separation
agreements.
- Completed three reductions in force and one facility closing
over a period of three years.
- Resolved employee wrongful termination disputes without
litigation.
- Advised client with respect to proper classification of
employees pursuant to federal and state wage & hour laws;
completed reclassification of employees.
ENERGY
AND CONSERVATION PowerLight, Environmental Defense,
Destination Conservation, Rainforest Action
Network
Representative Transactions:
- PowerLight - Developed standard commercial sales contracts
including direct sales agreements, VAR, distributor, affiliate and
subcontractor agreements and government contracts (with value
exceeding $1.3M).
- Rainforest Action Network - Managed extensive trademark
licensing program.
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