Stradling

From Inception to Exit: Corporate Solutions for Every Stage of the Business Life Cycle

Stradling’s corporate and securities lawyers work at the center of many of the West Coast’s most significant transactions. Public and private companies - from today’s leading brands to tomorrow’s household names - rely on our long track record and deep bench of lawyers to get their deals done right.

Our white collar and enforcement attorneys have extensive experience defending individuals and businesses in connection with criminal and civil investigations and enforcement proceedings before agencies of the U.S. government, including the SEC, DOJ, FCC, FTC, DOD, FINRA, DHS, and the FDA.  Our team includes a former federal prosecutor, a former SEC enforcement attorney, several former U.S. District Court law clerks and a dedicated team of trial lawyers, some with 25 years of experience specializing in securities and enforcement defense.  As a result, we are intimately familiar with the law and tactics at stake in these disputes.

Stradling's labor and employment practice group provides both expert counseling for employers on how best to manage personnel issues and highly effective representation for the company in employee lawsuits and administrative proceedings.

Counseling is a critical component of the labor and employment practice group because it provides expert guidance to management when they need it the most. Whether by phone, email, or in person, our employment lawyers are always immediately available to provide clear, sensible, and expert advice on any personnel matter, before management takes action.

In the fast-paced, cut-throat race to develop new products and devices, companies all have one concern in common: protecting their intellectual property. When disputes arise, small early-stage start-ups and large Fortune 100 companies alike turn to Stradling to win.

For clients seeking to protect their IP from unscrupulous competitors or those needing a strong defense against patent infringement claims, winning can take many forms, from quick, pre-emptive resolutions to an all-out fight, and everything in between. With our big-picture perspective and understanding of their business goals, we help clients operating in the medical device, life sciences, software, computer and consumer-facing technology industries resolve intellectual property and patent disputes as efficiently as possible.

When companies need creative and practical solutions to contentious business disputes or sensitive corporate governance challenges, they turn to Stradling’s litigators. Our close-knit teams defend businesses, directors and officers, and private equity firms. Our work spans complex partnership and contract disputes, securities class actions, derivative suits, malpractice claims, real estate litigation and government investigations. Local Southern California companies and out-of-state entities with California-based litigation have trusted our big law training, proven trial success and efficient litigation technology platforms for decades.

Stradling attorneys serve a wide range of national and regional restaurant chains, early-stage restaurant companies, retail chains, and individual retailers, licensors, and franchisors.

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing growing chains through financing rounds to sale, public offering, or other exit. We also represent private equity firms in major acquisitions of retail and restaurant chains.