Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Strategic Alliances

Assisting the firm’s clients in structuring, negotiating and establishing joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances is an important adjunct to Levin & Srinivasan’s mergers, acquisitions and divestitures practice.  We counsel our clients on all aspects of investing in business enterprises and corporate partnering, including on the appropriate choice of legal entities, allocation and exercise of control and the contribution of, use and distribution of funds by a venture.  Levin & Srinivasan helps its clients making minority investments understand the risks involved and legal protections available to them, and counsels its clients with respect to the fiduciary duties of controlling equity holders, directors and officers, and general and limited partners.  As a result of our work in this area, the firm’s attorneys are experts in drafting and negotiating shareholder, partnership and limited liability company agreements (and, in connection therewith, forming and maintaining domestic and offshore entities of all types), as well as the commercial agreements which are often at the heart of such business ventures.

Our clients regularly call upon the firm to assist in developing and executing strategic corporate alliances and partnerships critical to their businesses. These complex strategic partnership arrangements draw upon our expertise in equity and venture capital financings, custom commercial agreements, and technology licensing and acquisitions.