• Startups and founders
• Delaware and offshore entities
• Platforms and SaaS startups
• Fintech & Blockchain startups
• Funds / Fund formations
• Cryptocurrencies
• Token-based issuers

• Angel Investors
• U.S. investors
• International investors
• Private companies
• Brokers and dealers

• Securities filings
• Regulation D filings
• Private Placements
• Private placement memorandums
• Offering Circulars
• White papers

• Securities offerings Offerings
• Cryptocurrency SAFTs / Simple Agreements for Future Tokens
• Cryptocurrency Smart Contracts

   Startup Business Formations

Axis can assist your new startup establish as a  Corporation, S-Corporation, LLC, LLP, LP, general partnership, joint venture, and other business entity with a variety of business formation matters. Businesses often incorporate in a handful of popular states, including California, Delaware, New York, Texas, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and others. We can assist your business with business formations as well as common formation activities.

• Annual Reports
• Articles of Incorporation
• Certificate of Good Standing
• Certificates of Incorporation
• By-Laws
• DBA (Sole Proprietorship)
• Dissolutions
• Employer/Employee
• Federal EIN

• Founders’ Agreement
• Foreign Qualification
• Franchise Board Information
• Good Standing Certificates
• Incorporator’s Statements & Resolutions
• Licensing (City/County)
• Meeting Minutes
• Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Applications

• Operating Agreements
• Resolutions (General)
• Sales Licenses
• Statement of Information
• Stock Certificates
• Tax Informational Sheet
• Tax Registrations
• Zoning Applications

   Financings and Investments

Whether you are an investor, startup, or established business,  Axis can assist your business with a variety of financing and investment transactions, whether involving equity issuances, debt-based financings, new investments, acquisitions, incentive-based issuances, or others. The most common types of financing transactions are as follows:

• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Assignments
• Business Loan Agreements
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Collateral Assignments & Security Agreements
• Convertible Notes
• Deal Memos

• Debt Financings
• Equity Incentive Plans
• Equity Financings
• Investor Agreements
• Lock Up Agreements
• Mezzanine Loans
• Memos of Understanding
• Non-Profit Financings
• Pledge Agreements
• Promissory Notes
• Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements

• Revolving Notes
• SAFEs
• Section 83(b) Elections
• Stock Issuance
• Stock Incentive Plans
• Stock Purchase Agreements
• Term Sheets

   Startup Business & Corporate Transactions

Axis assists clients with a wide variety of transactions. The most common types of transactions for startup business clients include the following:

• Equity issuances and offerings
• Debt offerings
• Venture capital
• Private placement memorandum
• Investor financings
• Secondary offerings
• 144A Private Placement
• Offering Circulars

• Private Placements
• Debt-based Offerings
• Regulation S Offerings
• Regulation D Offerings
• Regulation A Offerings
• Regulation A+ Offerings
• Convertible Notes
• Bridge Financings
• Mezzanine Financings
• ICOs and Cryptocurrency securities
• Token-based issuances

   Startup Financings, Investments, and Securities Law

 Federal and state law generally requires ongoing compliance for businesses with securities issued to private or public investors. These can include working with your business to prepare registration statements and reporting obligations, including but not limited to the following:

• Registration Statements (S1, S3, SB-2, F-20, 10, 10SB Statements)
• Periodic Reports (10K, 10Q, 8K statements)
• Compliance with state blue sky laws

• Securities Act of 1933 Compliance
• Securities Act of 1934 Compliance
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Compliance with California Department of Business Oversight

    Tax Law Compliance

 We assist clients seek compliance with the myriad of tax, regulatory, and compliance laws that accompany securities filings, including but not limited to:

• FinCEN Compliance
• IRS Compliance
•  Commodities Futures Trading Commission Compliance

• Tax compliance
• Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and Policies
•  Money-Transmitter Business licensing
• Money Services Business (MSB) Regulations

• Department of Treasury Regulations
•  U.S. Banking Laws
• Bank Secrecy Act Compliance

     Intellectual Property & Licensing

We assist clients with a wide variety of intellectual property and licensing matters, ranging across copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing, confidentiality, and related matters:

• Confidentiality Agreements
• Copyrights
• Copyright Assignments
• Copyright Infringement
• Content-Licensing Agreements
• End-User Agreement
• Endorsement Deals

• Intellectual Property Assignment
• Licensing Contracts
• Merchandising
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Privacy Policies
• Promotional Agreements
• Records Retention Policies
• Software Licensing Agreements
• Sweepstakes & Contests

• Trademarks
• Trademark Disputes
• Trademark Infringement
• Trademark Registrations
• Web Hosting Agreements
• Website Terms & Conditions

    Labor & Employment

Axis assists companies with numerous labor law, wage/hour, HR, and employee/employment legal matters, specifically including hiring/firing matters, employee and independent contractor agreements, and compliance with wage ordinances, and local rules.  Employers commonly face similar problems requiring legal services consisting of the following:

• Labor Law Compliance
• Wage & Hour Compliance
• Consultant Agreements
• Discipline Policies
• Employment Agreements
• Executive Employee Agreements

• Employee Disputes
• Employee Handbooks
• Employee IP Assignment
• Employee Stock Options
• Employee Separate/Release Agreements
• Employee Wage/Hour Informational Sheet
• FMLA Leaves
• HR Policies

• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Non-Compete / Non-Solicit Agreements
• Risk Management
• Sales Rep Agreements
• Terms of Use Policies

      B2B / Strategic Partner Contracts

Axis assists business clients with a wide variety of business agreements and transactions with business partners.  For business-to-business agreements, the most common types of contracts can include but are not limited to the following:

• Advertising agreements
• Agent Agreements
• App development Agreemeents
• Consulting agreements
• Contractor agreements

• Distribution Agreements
• Marketing Agreements
• OEM Agreements
• Manufacturing Agreements
• Professional Services Agreements
• Production Agreements

• Purchase Order Agreements
• Supply Agreements
• U.S. Distribution Agreements
• Website development Agreements
• Numerous others

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