Anil Advani

I am a startup lawyer with a focus on representing early stage start-up companies, from 2-3 "guys in the garage"​ through the life-cycle of the venture, negotiating angel and venture financings, customer and licensing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Over the last 16 years working at powerhouse law firms like Cooley Godward and Orrick Herrington, and now Inventus Law, I have represented over 2,000 startups and founders, and been involved in almost 300 financing and M&A transactions valued at over $2 billion in aggregate.

I am licensed to practice law in California, New York and India, and have represented U.S based investors and Companies in investments, acquisitions, and strategic expansion with India based companies, as well as 100's of  startups from India, Singapore, Europe and South America in setting up operations and closing financing and M& A transactions in Silicon Valley.   I also have an active practice representing technology companies from across the world that are part of YC, 500 Startups, Startup Chile, Tandem, Alchemist, Fabric and other  accelerators and incubators.

Inventus Law is my own entrepreneurial venture with the primary goal of providing experienced legal counsel to start-up companies in a much more cost-effective, responsive and founder friendly manner than any of the "big"​ law firms out there.

Lawyers at Inventus Law love helping founders of startup companies navigate the many pitfalls a startup usually encounters, and have worked with companies in a wide spectrum of industries, and going through varied lifecyles, from self-funded, seed funded to fast growing $100M+ Companies.

Our goal is to help each and every company and founder we work with in setting up the company in the most cost-efficient manner while ensuring that all legal and structuring issues are fully covered and will not become a roadblock for the company's ability to raise funding or become a successful business.

Specialties: Start ups, Incorporation and Formations, Founder Issues, Cloud Computing, Angel Financings, Licensing transactions, E-commerce transactions, Venture Financings, Emerging Companies, India incorporations, India strategic transactions, International transactions, Franchise agreements, Clean-tech and Mergers & Acquisitions.