PRACTICE AREA
Mergers and Acquisitions
We represent buyers and sellers in strategic acquisitions, mergers, and asset purchases, managing the entire transaction lifecycle from LOI through closing.
RECENT MATTERS · $2M-$1B+ RANGE
SALE
On-device AI agent platform
SALE
AI-native identity security platform
ACQUISITION
Climate-tech battery-materials company
SALE
Defense-tech, long-endurance aerial systems manufacturer
SALE
Financial-services bookkeeping and fractional CFO firm
ACQUISITION
Consumer foods company
U.S. FLIP
Climate-tech, AI-powered home energy company
SALE
On-device AI agent platform
SALE
AI-native identity security platform
ACQUISITION
Climate-tech battery-materials company
SALE
Defense-tech, long-endurance aerial systems manufacturer
$2M-$1B+
Range of transaction values represented, from smaller strategic deals to larger cross-border sales.
Global
Counterparties spanning the U.S., Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.
Buy & Sell-Side
Representation on both sides of the table, plus strategic investments and restructuring.
What This Practice Covers
Covers the full range of priced equity rounds, from early seed financings through later growth-stage and private equity investments.
- Stock purchase agreements
- Amended and restated certificate of incorporation
- Investor rights agreements
Drafting and negotiating convertible notes and SAFEs for early-stage companies and their investors.
Structuring down rounds, including anti-dilution, recapitalization and investor consent considerations.
Cap table modeling and cleanup across multiple rounds, instruments and classes of equity.
Venture debt and commercial lending documentation for growing companies.
Reorganizing foreign-founded companies into U.S. entities to support U.S. investment and market entry.
Non-traditional structures such as revenue-sharing agreements that fit the company and investor goals.
Forming venture funds and related entities, with a focus on first-time and emerging managers.
Advising corporate investors on minority investments in startups and related commercial terms.
Seed, venture, and private equity financings + −
Covers the full range of priced equity rounds, from early seed financings through later growth-stage and private equity investments.
- Stock purchase agreements
- Amended and restated certificate of incorporation
- Investor rights agreements
Convertible notes and SAFEs + −
Drafting and negotiating convertible notes and SAFEs for early-stage companies and their investors.
Down-round financings + −
Structuring down rounds, including anti-dilution, recapitalization and investor consent considerations.
Complex cap table management and modeling + −
Cap table modeling and cleanup across multiple rounds, instruments and classes of equity.
Venture and commercial debt transactions + −
Venture debt and commercial lending documentation for growing companies.
U.S. flips and recapitalizations + −
Reorganizing foreign-founded companies into U.S. entities to support U.S. investment and market entry.
Revenue-sharing and alternative financing arrangements + −
Non-traditional structures such as revenue-sharing agreements that fit the company and investor goals.
Fund formation, including for emerging fund managers + −
Forming venture funds and related entities, with a focus on first-time and emerging managers.
Corporate venture capital investments + −
Advising corporate investors on minority investments in startups and related commercial terms.
• Joint venture and operating agreements
We regularly draft and negotiate documentation across the full range of deal structures, including:
• Merger agreements (statutory and reverse triangular)
• Stock and asset purchase agreements
Overview
Our approach focuses on identifying and mitigating deal risks while structuring transactions that achieve our clients' strategic and financial objectives.
• Tender offers and share exchanges
Overview
Our approach focuses on identifying and mitigating deal risks while structuring transactions that achieve our clients' strategic and financial objectives.
We regularly draft and negotiate documentation across the full range of deal structures, including:
• Merger agreements (statutory and reverse triangular)
• Stock and asset purchase agreements
• Tender offers and share exchanges
• Joint venture and operating agreements
What This Practice Covers
Cross-border and multinational deals + −
We coordinate multi-jurisdictional transactions, including local law requirements and foreign regulatory counsel, for both international companies acquiring U.S. businesses and U.S. companies expanding abroad.
Acquisitions and divestitures + −
We guide buyers and sellers through acquisitions and divestiture processes.
- Asset purchase agreement
- Stock purchase agreement
- Agreement and Plan of Merger
Private stock acquisitions + −
Private stock deals involve negotiating purchase terms, obtaining the required shareholder approvals, and coordinating disclosure and closing mechanics between the parties.
- Stock purchase agreements
- Shareholder consents and voting agreements
Private equity and strategic investments + −
Investment deals focus on governance and exit rights as much as the initial purchase, so documentation covers what happens after closing, not just the transaction itself.
- Stock purchase agreements
- Investor rights agreements
- Board seat or observer rights
- Redemption, put, and call provisions
Acquisition-related restructuring + −
Restructuring work alongside a deal, entity reorganization, carve-outs, and cleanup of intercompany relationships, so the resulting structure actually reflects the deal terms.
- Reorganization agreements
- Asset transfer agreements
- Intercompany agreements
- Carve-out disclosure schedules
Technology transactions + −
Tech deals carry their own diligence and documentation on top of standard M&A work, confirming clean IP ownership and checking customer contracts for assignment or change-of-control restrictions that can affect deal timing.
- IP assignment agreements
- Technology and IP licensing agreements
University and institutional spin-out transactions + −
Represented universities and similar institutions in spin-outs and acquisitions.
- Purchase agreement
- IP and technology transfer documentation
- Institutional approval and governance consents
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
Latin America
Offshore structuring
U.S. domestic
THE FIRM
Venture Point Legal was founded to give growth-stage companies senior-level M&A counsel without the overhead of a large firm.
Founded by Ellisha Blechynden
Structure - Corporate transactional law firm, San Francisco
Focus - M&A, venture capital, startup counsel
$100K-$100M+
Range of financings represented, from early-stage rounds through growth-stage raises.
Pre-Seed-Series C+
Stages covered, plus ongoing fund-side and corporate VC work.
Multi-Continent
Investor base spanning the U.S., Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.
Additional matters are available on request.
EQUITY FINANCINGS
Led counsel on a Series A equity financing for a Delaware C-corporation, raising from a global investor base.
Represented multiple early-stage companies on Series Seed preferred stock financing rounds.
Advised a company and its investors through a down-round equity financing, including re-negotiated terms and cap table impacts.
ALTERNATIVE & CROSS-BORDER STRUCTURES
Ongoing representation of founders and investors on SAFE and convertible note financings across early-stage rounds.
Structured a revenue-sharing financing arrangement as an alternative to a traditional priced equity round.
Ongoing counsel to founders and investors on U.S. flips, share exchanges, subsidiary formations, and recapitalizations to support fundraising and expansion.
INSTITUTIONAL & FUND-SIDE WORK
Represented an international financial institution in early-stage investments into U.S.-based startups.
Advised an emerging fund manager on the formation and structuring of a new venture capital fund.
Represented a corporate venture arm in a strategic minority investment into a U.S.-based startup.
Led the sale of a med-tech business to an international buyer.
Represented the seller in the divestment of a biopharma-tech company to a mid-market buyer.
Led the sale of an international software company to a U.S. public company.
Advised the seller on the sale of an international e-commerce business to a U.S. private equity fund.
Represented the sell side on the divestment of a venture-backed food-tech business.
Represented the sell side on the sale of a juice business.
Represented the seller in the sale of an on-device AI agent platform.
Represented the seller in the sale of an AI-native identity security platform.
Led the sale of a long-endurance defense UAV manufacturer to another aerospace company.
Represented the seller in the sale of a bookkeeping and fractional CFO firm.
Represented the seller in the sale of an accounting and tax services firm.
Represented the seller in the sale of a venture-backed pet food company.
Led the acquisition of a multi-national medical testing business, including coordination of global due diligence.
Represented the acquirer in the purchase of a U.S. media business by an international strategic buyer.
Advised the buyer on the acquisition of a U.S. marketing company by international purchasers.
Led the acquisition of a multi-national cybersecurity business, including coordination of global due diligence.
Represented the acquirer in an acqui-hire of an AI startup.
Led the cross-border acquisition of a U.S. software business unit by an international technology acquirer.
Advised an international renewables company on its acquisition of a U.S. renewables business.
Led counsel on a public company stock acquisition.
Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a battery-materials technology company.
Represented the university buyer in the acquisition of a diagnostics platform.
Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a Korean specialty foods company.
Led counsel on multiple acquisitions for a global power-management company.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Selected M&A Matters
A high-level sample, kept anonymized. Client names, deal value, and identifying detail are withheld by design - this is meant to be illustrative, not a running tally.
Represented the seller in the sale of an on-device AI agent platform.
Represented the seller in the sale of an AI-native identity security platform.
Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a battery-materials technology company.
Led the sale of a long-endurance defense UAV manufacturer to another aerospace company.
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SELL-SIDE REPRESENTATION
Led the sale of a med-tech business to an international buyer.
Represented the seller in the divestment of a biopharma-tech company to a mid-market buyer.
Led the sale of an international software company to a U.S. public company.
Advised the seller on the sale of an international e-commerce business to a U.S. private equity fund.
Represented the sell side on the divestment of a venture-backed food-tech business.
Represented the sell side on the sale of a juice business.
Represented the seller in the sale of an on-device AI agent platform.
Represented the seller in the sale of an AI-native identity security platform.
Led the sale of a long-endurance defense aerial systems manufacturer to another aerospace company.
Represented the seller in the sale of a bookkeeping and fractional CFO firm.
Represented the seller in the sale of an accounting and tax services firm.
Represented the seller in the sale of a venture-backed pet food company.
BUY-SIDE REPRESENTATION
Led the acquisition of a multi-national medical testing business, including coordination of global due diligence.
Represented the acquirer in the purchase of a U.S. media business by an international strategic buyer.
Advised the buyer on the acquisition of a U.S. marketing company by international purchasers.
Led the acquisition of a multi-national cybersecurity business, including coordination of global due diligence.
Represented the acquirer in an acqui-hire of an AI startup.
Led the cross-border acquisition of a U.S. software business unit by an international technology acquirer.
Advised an international renewables company on its acquisition of a U.S. renewables business.
Led counsel on a public company stock acquisition.
Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a battery-materials technology company.
Represented the university buyer in the acquisition of a diagnostics platform.
Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a Korean specialty foods company.
Led counsel on multiple acquisitions for a global power-management company.
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
Represented the investor in a major private equity investment in an international medical equipment supplier.