Legal support of startups

A startup is a new business based on original ideas, often in the IT field. But not all startups become successful businesses, and many fail, including due to the lack of competent legal support.

VALEN company can provide legal support and advice to a startup both at the initial stage and after the launch of the activity when attracting investors and new clients.

Valentina Khlavich

Managing Partner

Law degree in Russian Federation
Studies at the University of Passau, Germany
Foreign languages: English, German
Since 2007 lawfirm Beiten Burkhardt
Since 2012 founder and managing partner at VALEN

Since 2019 in List of Best Lawyers

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We provide the following legal services for startups:

Advisory services

to choose the form of ownership for a startup
to formalize relations with contractors (programmers, developers, etc.), to build a system of working with them
to protect intellectual rights, to formalize intellectual property
on legal risks associated with concluding contracts with investors, clients, etc.

Corporate support

determining the appropriate form of doing business
drafting a corporate contract
registration of a legal entity
preparation of local acts, regulations on the protection of trade secrets

Contractual work

preparation and legal support of contracts with investors, clients
creation of forms of standard contracts with contractors and providers
preparation of employment contracts
preparation and analysis of other contracts

Support with intellectual property rights

registration of intellectual property objects
creation of an intellectual property rights protection system
development of license agreements, agreements on alienation of intellectual property and other agreements related to intellectual rights

Interaction with state authorities

registration of intellectual property rights in Rospatent
representation of interests in the Federal Tax Service, Roskomnadzor, the Ministry of Finance, etc

VALEN Company provides high-quality and professional legal support to startups, providing:

Situational online consultations
Comprehensive legal support
Development of a system of contracts for investors, contractors and employees
Taking measures for registration and protection of intellectual property rights
Project management in English

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Our cases

Context

Startup – game development studio has reached out to us for legal assistance to organize contractual work with contractors and registration of alienation of intellectual property rights, identification of risks of using open source and claims from copyright holders for the presence of borrowings in the game.

Result

a number of contracts for the alienation of intellectual property rights have been prepared with both new contractors and current ones
non-disclosure agreements have been developed as an additional measure to protect intellectual property rights
system of concluding contracts with new contractors has been developed
the risks of using open source and borrowing in the game are identified, recommendations for their reduction and prevention are provided

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