Paranzino Law Technology Industry Practice
Paranzino Law is focused on handling corporate and contested matters for individuals and companies in the technology industry.
The practice grows through a dedication to earning word-of-mouth recommendations from satisfied clients. Client numbers, confidence and
loyalty grow holistically and sustainably over time. Gary Paranzino invested in building the practice at the bottom of the technology business cycle
in 2001, with ample faith in the future of the tech industry, his client base and his own abilities.
Paranzino Law provides Gary with a practice that provides him unending, interesting legal work of meaningful consequence to his clients.
Every matter gets a total effort from and the benefit of a lawyer with over 20 years of pertinent experience. Nothing gets delegated to a new or less
experienced lawyers or paralegals. Paranzino Law uses technology aggressively to cut overhead costs and to eliminate the layers between the firm and its
clients.
With a business model focused on matters where advantage can be obtained for clients, avoiding rote and repetitive work, using technology aggressively,
eliminating bureaucracy, keeping overhead low and concentrating and deploying an amazing amount of relevant experience in the person who provides
the advice and services, Paranzino Law is building Law Firm 2.0 -- an engaged and energetic personal client base that is the future of the technology
industry.
Some of the more recent matters handled involve:
- Consulting CEO agreements and equity participations
- Podcast content developer agreements
- Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) software licensing agreements
- Credit card processing agreements
- Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreements
- Stock purchase agreements
- CEO performance incentives
- Separation of venture capital professionals from VC firms
- Online user agreements, privacy policies, commercial compliance
- IP assignment agreements
- Packaging intellectual property for acquisition by public company in M&A transaction
- Domain name ownership investigation, acquisitions
- Review of sweepstakes and marketing materials for federal, state compliance
- Termination of corporate employees
- Formation of joint ventures
- Independent contractors agreements
- Online advertising revenue sharing agreements
- Disputes among founders, investors and executives
- Advising founders on negotiating venture capital investments
- Compensation benchmarking for senior executives joining the major Internet companies
- Resolving contested executive terminations
- Negotiating severance in absence of advance agreements
- Advising VC Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR)
- Termination of consulting agreements
- Internet search partnership agreements
- Unauthorized representation of online business/agency relationships
- Executive spin-out of lines of business
- Executive harassment/hostile environment in technology companies
- Online business partnerships, sharing registered users, advertising and revenues
- Non-competition agreements inside and outside California
- Consulting CEO transition to full-time status
- Protecting investor rights in insolvency situations
Some of the technology industry sectors in the above-referenced matters include:
- Online video communities
- Podcasting
- Biotechnology
- Cleantech
- Social and business networks
- Web 2.0 innovators
- E-commerce
- Financial services
- Software development
- Consumer and SMB hardware manufacturers
- Online marketing and customer order solicitation
- Credit card processing
- Technology company real estate property management
- Large-cap Internet companies
- Internationally-based start-ups
- Online media and magazine publishing
- Private and corporate venture capital
- Major IP-focused law firms
The clients of Paranzino Law are an incredible collection of people and companies who are reshaping the Internet and the related
software and hardware worlds. It is an honor to be able to assist them by providing services and strategy.
