Bill Gerson
Law Office

Start-up and Small Technology Businesses

Commercial and general counsel work for technology companies

Best suited to venture-backed, self-funded, and other operating technology companies that need practical advice across commercial contracts, customer and supplier relationships, product and operational issues, and day-to-day company counseling, without building a full internal legal function too early.

  • Company-side judgment that considers implementation, cost, timing, internal alignment, and business risk.
  • Can deliver legal systems, not just documents, and streamline workflows where that is useful to the business.
  • Useful where management wants an experienced outside lawyer who can cover both recurring day-to-day matters and larger strategic events.
  • Usually works with the client’s existing outside law firm on tax and securities compliance rather than replacing those specialists.

Representative Matter

System software provider for the transportation industry

Served over several years as fractional GC for a self-funded Silicon Valley system software provider serving global transportation customers. Handled day-to-day commercial, governance, compensation, and product-related work, and coordinated with outside tax and securities counsel. Also helped negotiate and complete the sale of a product line to a public software company, including diligence, disclosure and exception schedules, and transition of the related engineering and support team.