News

• June 29, 2010

  Kontagent raises $4.5 Million from Altos Ventures, Maverick Capital and other investors. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Kontagent in this transaction.

  TechCrunch: Kontagent Raises $4.5 Million.

• May 28, 2010

  Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced that the MTN has acquired Mountain News Corporation, which operates the world's most visited online snow sports portal, OnTheSnow.com. FGC represented Mountain News Corporation in this transaction, led by Robert R. Rugani and Patrick Arrington.

  Press Release: Vail Resorts Acquires Mountain News Corporation, Operator of OnTheSnow.com

• May 26, 2010

  Healthcare Staffing Partnership announced it acquired OfficeWorks Inc. from private equity firm Ropart Asset Management Funds and other investors. FGC Partner Alexander Chen represented OfficeWorks, Inc. in this transaction.

  Press Release: New holding company buys staffing firm

• May 19, 2010

  ThisWeekIn raises $300K seed round. FGC Partner Joey Tran represented ThisWeekIn in this transaction.

  Press Release: Jason Calacanis and Kevin Pollak Launch Streaming TV Network 'This Week In'

• April 7, 2010

  gdgt Raises $3.2M in Financing from Spark Capital, True Ventures and others. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented gdgt in this transaction.

  Press Release: Wall Street Journal Digital Network

• March 31, 2010

  Socialcast Raises $8M in Series B Financing. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Socialcast in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com

• March 18, 2010

  Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. has committed to provide $8.0 million in debt financing to Intelligent Beauty. FGC Partners Joe Hayashi and Alexander Chen represented Intelligent Beauty in this transaction.

  Press Release: Hercules Technology Growth Capital Announces Additional New Commitments of Over $52 Million to New and Existing Portfolio Companies

• January 25, 2010

  Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment merger receives U.S. Department of Justice Clearance. FGC Partner Fred Hasani represented Ticketmaster in this transaction.

  Press Release: Ticketmaster News Release

• December 8, 2009

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel Wu as Of Counsel in its Southern California office.

  Dan has represented a wide range of Fortune 500 companies and technology companies at all stages of growth and development, as well as major investment banks and lenders. Dan’s practice focuses on corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, joint ventures, corporate governance, licensing and commercial agreements, corporate formation, venture equity and debt financings and general business counseling.

  Prior to joining FGC, Dan practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles. Dan also practiced at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles and was also an investment banker in New York.

  Dan is a member of the State Bar of California. He received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College, his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and his M.B.A. from Insead.

• September 23, 2009

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Tim Young, as Of Counsel, in its Silicon Valley office.

  Tim’s practice focuses on providing general counsel services to venture and private equity funds, institutional, family office and angel investors, and emerging growth companies. Tim advises fund managers and investors on a broad range of issues, including fund formations, portfolio investments, secondary transactions, regulatory compliance, and fund governance and administration. Tim also handles all matters of corporate representation, including venture and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and commercial agreements, and corporate governance

  Prior to joining FGC, Tim practiced at the law firms of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Heller Ehrman LLP and Cooley Godward LLP and served as the general counsel of Burrill & Company LLC.

  Tim is a member of the State Bar of California. He received his B.A. from University of Hawaii, his M.A. from Cornell University, and his J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

• July 1, 2009

  Engadget founders launch gdgt.

  Press Release: http://www.venturebeat.com

• May 28, 2009

  Funji, Inc. announced as one of the fbFund REV final winners.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com

• May 7, 2009

  Avatar Startup FUHU Raises $6.25 Million, Strikes Deal With Acer To Put Widgets In PCs. FGC Partner Alex Chen represented FUHU in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com

• April 27, 2009

  HITACHI GST COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FABRIK, INC.

  Press Release: http://www.fabrik.com/company/media-room/press-releases/27.php

• April 13, 2009

  StumbleUpon acquired by Founders Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith, Accel Partners, August Capital and Sherpalo Ventures. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Founder Garrett Camp and Series-G, LLC in this matter.

  Press Release: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/stumbleupon-lurches-back-to-original-owners////

• April 7, 2009

  Socialcast secures Series A financing from True Ventures; Om Malik joins board of directors. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Socialcast in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/06/enterprise-communications-software-socialcast-secures-14-million-in-series-a-funding//

• March 20, 2009

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Robert R. Rugani, as Of Counsel, in its Silicon Valley office.

  Robert’s practice includes facilitating venture financings, private and public company M&A, debt/credit facilities, asset-backed securitization financings, joint ventures, and partnerships. In addition to outsourced general counsel services, Robert’s practice focuses on equity and debt financings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures, company formation and representation, venture fund formation and representation, strategic business counseling, and negotiating and drafting commercial agreements. Robert has also served as outside corporate counsel for private and public companies and as in-house counsel.

  Prior to joining FGC, Robert practiced in the San Francisco office of Sidley Austin LLP. Robert was formerly the Assistant General Counsel for a private equity real estate investment firm. Robert has also practiced at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Silicon Valley.

  Robert is a member of the State Bar of California. He received his B.A. from University of California, Davis and his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.

• January 22, 2009

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Alexander C. Chen as Of Counsel in its Southern California office. Alex has represented a wide range of technology, entertainment, media and traditional businesses at all stages of growth and development, as well as the various lenders and investors that fund them. Specifically, his practice focuses on corporate formation, day-to-day corporate governance issues, venture equity and debt financings, joint ventures, licensing matters, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions and SEC periodic reporting.

  Prior to joining FGC, Alex practiced in the Santa Monica offices of a national law firm. Alex also practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in Silicon Valley.

  Alex is a member of the State Bar of California. He received his B.A. from UC Berkeley and his J.D. from UCLA School of Law.

• December 15, 2008

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Patrick Arrington in its Southern California office. Patrick's practice focuses on areas of securities, venture capital, corporate finance, licensing and mergers and acquisitions, as well as public company representation, including general corporate matters, strategic alliances, technology licensing, disclosure issues, SEC and SOX compliance, financial reporting, Exchange Act periodic reports and proxy statements, NYSE and Nasdaq listing requirements, Regulation FD matters, directors and officers liability insurance coverage, executive compensation and employee benefit plans.

  Prior to joining FGC, Patrick was a partner at Rutan & Tucker, partner and head of the Orange County Business & Technology Group at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP, and most recently, partner at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP.

  Patrick is a member of the State Bar of California. He received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School and has been named in the Best Lawyers in America since 1996.

  In addition, Fortis General Counsel, LLP's Southern California office has moved its offices. Effective immediately, its new location is 120 Vantis, Suite 440, Aliso Viejo, California 92656.

• December 9, 2008

  Kontagent named as one of five fbFund winners.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/09/facebooks-fbfund-names-winners-of-225000-grants///

• September 29, 2008

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce the addition of Sue Won So as Of Counsel with the firm. Sue will split her time between the Silicon Valley office and the Denver area. Prior to joining FGC, Sue spent over five years as in-house counsel at Yahoo! Inc., most recently as Senior Legal Director, where she negotiated a wide variety of licensing and commercial agreements and provided business and product counseling. Sue had primary responsibility for many critical products, including the Yahoo! Home Page, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Toolbar and the Yahoo! Developer Network. Other businesses supported include communications, communities, social networking, developer/API programs, e-commerce, small business, software, and enterprise.

  Before Yahoo!, Sue was in private practice at a Silicon Valley corporate law firm, where she performed corporate, financing, and technology transactions work for high-tech emerging growth companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to law school, Sue worked in the molecular biology and immunology research fields at U.C. San Francisco and Protein Design Labs, Inc.

  Sue is a member of the State Bar of California. Sue received her B.S., Molecular Plant Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the USC School of Law.

• September 22, 2008

  RescueTime raises financing. FGC Partner Joey Tran represented RescueTime in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/rescuetime-proving-useful-for-the-enterprise-raises-900k/

• September 8, 2008

  Causecast Corporation selected as TechCrunch50 Finalist.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/announcing-the-techcrunch50-finalists//

• September 3, 2008

  FABRIK MAKES IT FAST AND EASY TO RECYCLE SIMPLETECH DRIVES

  Press Release: http://www.fabrik.com/company/media-room/press-releases/21.php/

• July 28, 2008

  FABRIK LAUNCHES WORLD'S MOST ECO-FRIENDLY EXTERNAL DRIVE

  Press Release: http://www.fabrik.com/company/media-room/press-releases/20.php/

• June 13, 2008

  Jane Kleinberger wins 2008 Venues Today Women of Influence Awards.

  Press Release: http://www.paciolan.com/news/061308_Jane_Award.htm/

• March 12, 2008

  WeGame.com, Inc. closes its Series B Preferred Stock Financing with True Ventures, The Hit Forge and SoftTechVC. FGC Partner Joey Tran represented WeGame.com, Inc. in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/12/wegames-19-year-old-founder-raises-3-million-financing/

• December 20, 2007

  Ticketmaster Announces Paciolan Deal Set to Close. FGC Partner Fred Hasani represented Paciolan in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://press.ticketmaster.com/Extranet/TMPRArticlePressReleases.aspx?id=5500

• December 11, 2007

  Vaccine Technologies, Inc. closes first tranche of its Series B-2 Preferred Stock Financing with Morningside Technology Ventures. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Vaccine Technologies in this transaction.

• October 10, 2007

  Matrivax, Inc. closes its Series A Preferred Stock Financing with Morningside Technology Ventures. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented the founder in this transaction.

• October 9, 2007

  Oracle Buys Automated Applications Controls Leader LogicalApps.

  Press Release: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2007_oct/logicalapps.html

• July 11, 2007

  LogicalApp supports Qualcomm’s rapid financial close with embedded process automation solution.

  Press Release: http://www.logicalapps.com/pdf/press_release/PRQUALCOMMFINAL.pdf

• July 2, 2007

  Paciolan enters into an agreement to be acquired by Ticketmaster. FGC Partner Fred Hasani represented Paciolan in this transaction.

• April 2, 2007

  BlueRun Ventures leads investment in the Series C Preferred Stock financing of Hyperpia, Inc. FGC Partner Joey Tran represented BlueRun Ventures in this transaction.

• March 28, 2007

  Vaccine Technologies, Inc. closes its Series B Preferred Stock financing with Morningside Technology Ventures. FGC Partner Rob Dang represented Vaccine Technologies in this transaction.

• March 2, 2007

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is proud to announce that Joyce Lan Kim has joined FGC as Of Counsel in its Silicon Valley office. Joyce brings to FGC an extensive experience in representing Web 2.0 companies. Joyce also represents a variety of clients ranging from software companies, angel and seed investors, and consulting services companies.

  Joyce is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of New York. Prior to joining Fortis General Counsel, Joyce practiced law in the Palo Alto office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where she worked on venture capital financings and merger and acquisition transactions involving U.S. and Korean companies. Joyce was also a member of the capital markets group in the New York office of Shearman & Sterling LLP where she worked on securities regulation issues, exchange offers, and debt and equity offerings ranging in value from $150 million to $1.35 billion.

• March 1, 2007

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to announce that Joe Hayashi has joined FGC as a Partner in its Southern California office. The addition of Joe enhances FGC’s premier services in representing start-ups and emerging growth companies in all corporate transactions, including venture and debt financings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures, recapitalizations, corporate governance and strategic business counseling, licensing and commercial agreements, and closely-held businesses, including partnerships, sole proprietorships and limited liability companies. Joe’s experience includes representing start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in various industries ranging from technology to life sciences.

  Prior to joining Fortis General Counsel, Joe practiced law in the Southern California offices of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and the Silicon Valley offices of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP representing venture capital firms and investment banks that fund emerging companies and acting as general outside counsel to companies at all stages of development. Joe is a member of the State Bar of California.

• February 19, 2007

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is pleased to welcome Joey M. Tran as a Partner in its Silicon Valley office. Joey formerly practiced law at the Palo Alto offices of WilmerHale. The addition of Joey marks the further strategic expansion of FGC’s Silicon Valley office.

  Joey’s practice focuses on outsourced general counsel services, with an emphasis on the general representation of emerging growth companies in all stages of maturity. Joey has represented a wide variety of companies - ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies - and in many industries - ranging from technology companies to Web 2.0 companies to life sciences companies.

  Joey has handled all matters of corporate representation, including venture capital and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and strategic counseling, IP/technology licensing and commercial agreements. Joey has structured, managed and led both venture capital equity financings and convertible debt financings with an aggregate value of over $230,000,000. He has facilitated mergers, acquisitions and asset purchase transactions with an aggregate value of over $740,000,000 between both private and public companies. As primary outside corporate counsel, Joey has drafted and negotiated a broad range of commercial licenses and agreements, including software licenses, software development and assignment, joint development, technology transfer, distribution, product distribution, strategic partnership, professional services, reseller, application service provider, master subscription, office lease and sublease agreements.

  Joey is a member of the State Bar of California. Joey received his B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology and B.A., Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

• February 7, 2007

  Hewlett-Packard acquires Bitfone Corporation. FGC Partner Fred Hasani represented Bitfone in this transaction.

  Press Release: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2007/mobility/nr_070207.pdf

• February 1, 2007

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is proud to announce the opening of its new office in Silicon Valley. Ideally situated to address the growing legal needs of start-ups, FGC’s new office is located at One Lagoon Drive, Suite 100 in Redwood Shores, California.

  About Fortis General Counsel, LLP

  Fortis General Counsel, LLP is a boutique law firm that provides general counsel services, as well as traditional corporate and technology licensing legal services, to emerging growth companies primarily in the technology sector. We advise a broad range of clients from mature public companies to early stage startup companies. Our objective is to provide companies with services typically provided by a general counsel in a cost-effective and responsive manner.

  Our partners have previously served as general counsel, or provided general counsel services, to a wide variety of emerging growth companies. We provide our emerging growth clients with an opportunity to receive the benefits of an in-house general counsel without incurring the costs of a full-time employee or large law firm rates. Our flexible business model allows our partners to work with, or as an alternative to, our clients’ outside corporate counsel.

  We provide our clients with practical legal and business advice by immediately integrating with our clients’ management teams. Our general counsel services concentrate on general corporate counseling, technology licensing transactions, venture financings, mergers & acquisitions, employment counseling, intellectual property protection, business formation and management of other outside counsel.

• January 31, 2007

  JDSU selects LogicalApps to meet compliance requirements.

  Press Release: http://www.logicalapps.com/pdf/press_release/JDSU.pdf

• October 31, 2006

  Alltel adopts Bitfone's FusionDM for Standards-Based Firmware Over-the-Air.

  Press Release: http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/061031/107735.html

• April 19, 2006

  Miartech closes $6 Million in first round of institutional funding. FGC Partner Fred Hasani represented Miatech in this transaction.

• February 28, 2006

  Bitfone Corporation announced that 3, the UK mobile media company, has selected Bitfone to launch their over-the-air firmware update service using Bitfone's software.

  Press Release: http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/March2006/2694.htm

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