Sponsor Spotlight: Joe Daniels, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Attorney at McCarter & English, LLP
McCarter & English, LLP is an important part of the Orange County tech startup ecosystem, and a Silver Sponsor of the OC Startup Council.
Enjoy this exclusive interview with Joe Daniels, Partner and Co-Chair, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies, to learn more about what they do and how their work is helping local founders and startup companies succeed in Orange County:
What are the specialties of your firm?
At McCarter & English we are nationally and globally renowned for our high quality, responsive, pragmatic representation of, and committed passionate service to, entrepreneurial, tech, tech-enabled and life sciences enterprises and the investors who support them.
We have a compelling value proposition comprised of experienced, problem-solving lawyers, a sensible fee structure, unique delivery model, a national network and a league-table leading reputation. PitchBook lists us among the most active law firms in this space, placing us in the top 10 law firms globally in several distinct categories.
We know the investment community, regularly representing both institutional and private investors in all kinds of equity and debt financing transactions for tech and tech-enabled, life sciences and entrepreneurial enterprises, from pre-seed, to seed to early stage to expansion and growth stage financings.
Our investor-side practice includes venture capital funds, family offices, investment banks, private equity funds, hedge funds, individual angels, angel networks and angel funds.
Our financing transactional experience includes all forms of transactions from startup to IPO and beyond, including Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), Convertible Notes, and priced equity transactions—from friends and family transactions to institutional investors, and from series pre-seed transactions to transactions for fully mature companies.
Who are the clients you can help the most?
Tech and life sciences startups and investors.
What's the most common problem you help startup founders with?
Formation, financing, growth and exit.
Can you share a little history of your firm?
We've been around for 175 years, and have represented founders forever, including Thomas Edison.
How big is your firm locally and nationally?
We have 11 offices in North America.
Favorite place in OC?
Favorite place in OC - the beach.
Why did your company join the OC Startup Council?
To advance the development of the startup and venture communities is Southern California.
Thanks to Joe Daniels for sharing how McCarter & English, LLP works with startups here in Orange County.
And, thanks to McCarter & English, LLP for their Silver Sponsorship support of the OC Startup Council and our efforts to accelerate Orange County’s tech ecosystem.