Overview

  • Corporate

    Hutchison is a leading business law advisor to the technology and life science communities in the Southeast. We combine the technical legal skills, practical business judgment and knowledge accumulated over years of experience advising emerging growth companies to represe…

  • Venture Capital

    Venture capital is a critical resource in the development of emerging growth companies, and our firm is uniquely positioned at the intersection of capital and ideas. We consistently close more venture financing transactions per year than any other Southeast-based law firm, which en…

  • Intellectual Property Protection

    Technology companies constantly create, enhance, distribute, sell and buy significant technology assets. Hutchison's intellectual property team works closely with our clients to strategically identify, protect, manage and exploit their intellectual property. We recognize that, for most …

  • Licensing & Corporate Partnering

    We understand that the success of each and every one of our clients depends on its ability to generate revenue by exploiting its intellectual property assets. The commercialization of intellectual property requires understanding of both the legal issues associated with intellectual…

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

    Mergers and acquisitions are often the most important and complex transactions our clients will encounter. Whether our client is seeking to achieve liquidity for stockholders, to acquire complementary business assets, or to divest a line of business that is no longer essential, these transac…

  • Securities

    We regularly advise our clients in matters relating to federal and state securities laws and regulations — whether in connection with private placements and other capital raising transactions, the issuance of equity-based compensation or other strategic business transactions. Our subst…

  • Employment Law, Benefits & Compensation

    We understand the vital relationship between the employer and its most valuable resource — its employees. Every day we call on our extensive experience advising employers and individual executives in order to provide seasoned, knowledgeable counsel with respect to a wide variety of mat…

  • Tax

    Tax issues are of central importance to many of the transactions that our clients undertake. With proper planning, companies can mitigate the effect of taxes on their business activities. We have extensive experience in advising our clients on the tax issues that must be considered before ta…