As part of law firm Foley Hoag LLP, the Emerging Enterprise Center serves the wide-ranging needs of Greater Boston's entrepreneur and venture communities by providing timely and efficient delivery of a full complement of legal services and access to business management expertise and professional networks. Located in the heart of the Route 128 technology corridor the EEC provides a forum where entrepreneurs and industry thought leaders convene to exchange ideas and accelerate the progress of emerging enterprises. The EEC brings together Foley Hoag lawyers from all areas of practice in support of our region's entrepreneurial and venture capital community.

Foley Hoag serves emerging companies in high technology, life sciences and other industries. Because of our experience, we can skillfully and efficiently handle the wide range of issues facing these companies in all phases of their business. We believe that our extensive contacts among venture investors, financial institutions and emerging companies permits us to provide substantial added value beyond basic legal services, whether through introductions or simple awareness of how another party to a transaction thinks. We strive to understand each client's business goals and challenges in order to best use our experience to add value to the enterprise.

Take a more detailed look at the broad range of services we provide to emerging companies.

Other Specific Services

Angel and Venture Financing

Emerging enterprises need financing to turn nascent ideas into practical revenue-generating business applications. We have the legal talent and experience necessary to help these enterprises in choosing and procuring the financing that fits their needs while minimizing the costs of doing so. Our lawyers have extensive experience working with angel investors and venture capital funds, which are the most likely sources of financing for a fledgling enterprise. [more]

Protecting Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is the primary source of competitive advantage in today's marketplace, particularly for emerging enterprises. In biotech, high tech, telecommunications and other cutting-edge industries, success depends on the quality and viability of a company's patents, designs, copyrights and trademarks. Toward that end, we maintain one of the largest and most sophisticated intellectual property practices in the country to protect our clients. We have more than 40 intellectual property lawyers, and over a dozen Ph.D. scientists and registered patent lawyers. Our lawyers have provided traditional licensing, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright protection services. We have also helped clients in developing strategies to leverage the value of their intellectual property, including their patents and brands. [more]

The EEC also offers services related to:

• Employment
• Litigation
• Licensing
• Real Estate

For more information visit the Emerging Enterprise Center Web site.