Searching for an Arkansas attorney with experience in tech, computers, online start-ups & entrepreneurialism?
Well... you finally found one.
Butler, Horn, Nye & Johnson, PLLC's emerging business practice is dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs, investors, and emerging businesses with the unique and often challenging issues faced throughout the formation and growth process of their companies, from the protection of intellectual property to the financing of growth, to assisting in the successful completion of the initial public offering. We have the experience and resources needed to assist our growing clients.
We pride ourselves on our reputation for being not just legal advisors but integral and valued members of each client's business team. In order to anticipate and meet our clients' needs, we invest the time needed to learn each client's business and industry. Our goal is to provide practical solutions to our clients' business and legal problems in a manner that allows them to focus their attention on the important task of growing their businesses.
We can represent emerging businesses in all aspects of their formation and growth, including:
- Formation and structure of start-up companies
- Founders' arrangements
- Technology acquisitions and licensing transactions
- Stock options and other compensation matters
- Business plan review and advice
- Asset protection and counseling
- Private and venture capital financing
- Nondisclosure, employment, and consulting matters
- Joint venture and strategic partner relationships
- OEM and other distribution agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Director and officer counseling
Technology
Butler, Horn, Nye & Johnson, PLLC works with technology clients in every niche, from software, to online, to social media. We have guided both start-ups and leading Arkansas technology companies through their technology issues, corporate structure and governance matters, and employment counseling needs.
e-Commerce has exploded... and so has the court's attempt to regulate it by passing new Arkansas Internet laws
Butler, Horn, Nye & Johnson, PLLC advises companies for whom e-commerce is a central way of conducting business. One of our founding partners, Anthony Johnson, began advising clients conducting business on the Internet as early as 2001, a time before the terms "e-commerce" and "dot-com" were every day verbiage.
Butler, Horn, Nye & Johnson, PLLC continues to assist clients on legal issues relating to website development, hosting agreements and other licensing contracts, electronic commerce service contracts with third-party vendors, electronic contracting, digital signatures and authentication, encryption, protection of Internet business methods, and domain name selection, registration, and sales. We also represent ISPs, website developers, and hosts. We are experienced in the areas of privacy, licensing and monitoring, computer crimes and private causes of action, defamation, domain name disputes, and free speech and intellectual property infringement.
Technology Legal Transactions
Our technology Transactions practice leverages our technology experience, business acumen, and transactional knowledge to help our clients acquire, protect, enforce and monetize their technology. If your business uses or develops technology, the value of your assets and your entire business can be affected by how your technology transactions are structured. We can assist you to better understand your asset portfolio and strategically structure, negotiate, draft and implement technology-related agreements that will enhance and protect the value of your assets. In doing so, we frequently collaborate with Ph.D science advisors, financial analysts, and legal colleagues.
We have extensive experience in all types of technology transactions, including strategic licensing situations, commercial agreements, and content and software licensing, sales and acquisitions. This experience comes from both extensive business experience in the technology sector and legal experience involving technologycompanies. We make sure to fully understand your business objectives and the technology before putting pen to paper. We also understand that even the least contentious discussions regarding a technology transfer require a complete understanding of the leverage imparted by applicable laws.
Our Experience
We counsel our technology clients regarding:
- Development, manufacturing, and commercialization agreements
- Technology acquisitions and divestments
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Financing of assets and technology companies
- Distribution, supply, and OEM agreements
- Content acquisition and management
- Software licensing
- Distributive media transactions
- Internet law and agreements
- Open source development and distribution