LAW FOR EMERGING BUSINESS

Achieve Business Objectives

Providing legal counsel to entrepreneurs and businesses in all stages of development, from pre-formation to maturity, Barbera Corporate Law helps owners and executive teams achieve their business objectives with smart, cost-effective legal counsel.

Emerging & Traditional Enterprise

Clients have included startup and emerging companies in internet, mobile, media and technology, consumer products, professional sports, film and television production. Mr. Barbera also has represented established businesses and financial institutions, including NBC Universal, the Frank Sinatra Estate, the Grammy Museum, Psilos Group Partners, Grey Mountain Partners, and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Comprehensive Legal Counsel

  • Company Formation
  • Seed, Angel and Venture Financing
  • Corporate Securities and Private Placements
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial Agreements
  • Intellectual Property
  • Business Dispute Resolution
  • Strategic General Counsel

ABOUT

Francesco R. Barbera, Esq.

Francesco Barbera is a corporate and securities lawyer representing startup and development-stage companies, as well as established businesses. Francesco regularly counsels clients on the full range of their activities, from raising capital through growth and acquisition.

Francesco handles organizational, structuring and operational matters for companies, as well as venture capital and other private placements. He has both company-side and investor experience, and represents capital sources in making preferred stock investments. He has represented companies in a broad range of industries, including internet and technology, media and entertainment, healthcare, apparel, banking and venture capital.

Francesco began his legal career at two large, international law firms in Los Angeles, where he represented large and small enterprises in a broad range of transactions, from mergers and acquisitions to public and private securities offerings to the formation of partnerships and joint ventures.

Francesco R. Barbera

Education

Harvard Law School
JD, cum laude, 2001

University of Santa Monica
MA, 2010

University of Pennsylvania
BA, summa cum laude, 1994

PRACTICE

Achieve Business Vision

Our focus is helping you achieve your business vision - maximize revenues, minimize costs and build valuable relationships, while protecting assets and reducing risk exposure:

  • Corporation Formation and Partnerships - Organizing and structuring business; forming partnerships and joint ventures; protecting assets.
  • Corporate Finance - Angel and VC investment, private placements, and preferred stock investments.
  • Business Growth - Customer, vendor and commercial agreements; corporate governance practices.
  • Mergers & Acquisitions - Business and asset acquisitions and dispositions.
  • Intellectual Property - Copyright and trademark protection, Intellectual Property licensing, Internet Terms of Service, and Privacy.
  • Business Dispute Resolution - Business dispute prevention, resolution, and mediation.
  • General Counsel