Servces for Startups
We are proud to serve the Chicago and Boston area startup communities.We are currently offering services related to incorporation, crowdfunding, venture capital funding, benefit corporations, and alternative IPOs.
Whether you are intending to bootstrap your new business or need to prepare your corporate and share structures for an infusion of venture capital, we can help.
For more information on our startup services, please click here.
Incorporation
Christopher Hall & Associates is a patent and intellectual property law firm focused on high-technology and startup companies.We provide patent, trademark, and intellectual property representation as well as incorporation, contract and general corporate law services.
Types of Incorporations
Whether you need a patent search, to file a patent, or patent litigation and dispute resolution services, we can help.For more information on our patent services, including rates and timeframes, please click here.
B-Corporations
Need a trademark to market your goods and services?We provide trademarks searches, trademark filing and prosecution, and trademark litigation and dispute resolution.
For more information on our trademarks services, including rates and timeframes, please click here.
Incorporating When Anticipating Venture Funding
We provide a wide range of other intellectual property services, including software and technology licensing, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements, trade secret protection, copyrights, and open-source software licenses.For more information on our intellectual property services, please click here.
Crowdfunding
We are proud to serve the Chicago and Boston area startup communities.We are currently offering services related to incorporation, crowdfunding, venture capital funding, benefit corporations, and alternative IPOs.
Whether you are intending to bootstrap your new business or need to prepare your corporate and share structures for an infusion of venture capital, we can help.
For more information on our startup services, please click here.
Product Crowdfunding
Christopher Hall & Associates also offers discounts of 30% on all services to startups and small businesses with less than $1 million in sales or $1 million in venture capital. Details are here.
And for all our clients, there is never a charge for calls, emails, or texts with us. We're a different kind of law firm. See more about how we work.
Equity Crowdfunding
Technology and other firms have been changing the way they do business. For your new business, you may be interested in:- product crowdfunding (like Kickstarter or Indiegogo);
- equity crowdfunding through a funding portal;
- adding public benefit (b-corporation) clauses to your incorporation; or
- using an alternative IPO to take yourself public.
We think there is a new model of business emerging here and we develop legal and business strategies to enable it.
Alternative IPOs (like Google)
Venture Capital
We have recently expanded our practice to include registration, compliance, and reporting services for the hedge fund and proprietary trading industry.With extensive trading industry experience and cost-effective services, we'll likely be able to help with your firms needs.
Structuring Your Share Classes in
Anticipation of Venture Funding
If you are in need of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration, compliance, or reporting advice or services, we can help.
For more information on our SEC and market-regulation related services, please click here.
Important Tax Considerations for
Founder Equity at Incorporation
If you are in need of Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) registration, compliance, or reporting advice or services, we can help.
For more information on our CTFC and market-regulation related services, please click here.
Founder Class Shares and
Exchange Listing Rules
How We Work
We've built a new kind of law firm and we think you're going to like how we do things.Email, call, or text us anytime. There is never a charge for calls, emails, or texts with us. Flat rate or hourly billing. Courtesy filings for routine IP matters. (learn more)
Special Rates for Startups and Small Businesses
Less than a million in sales or venture funding?As a service to the startup and small business community, we provide 30% discounts on all services to startups and small businesses. (learn more)
Contact Us
email: clientinquiries@halliplaw.comtelephone: (312)545-4355
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