Professional Services

Founding a company is a time-consuming and expensive endeavor, and you’re probably not thinking about a corporate lawyer when time and resources are everything. Company founders are forced to decide how to spend limited dollars between significant competing priorities. In many cases, early stage companies either underinvest in legal expertise…

KO client soona, a same-day photo and video production company, recently closed a $3.5 million Seed 2 round. The funding will support the company’s continued expansion and product development. KO partner Charles Ciaccio, attorney Elizabeth Ho and corporate paralegal Caitlyn Knudson represented soona in the financing. KO also represented soona in the development of…

In a tight labor market, it’s often the benefits and perks that help employers compete for talent. One key benefit an employer must consider is vacation. Should vacation be offered, and if so, how much and how should it be structured? What’s the real value of vacation to employees and…

KO client National Credit Care, a leading provider of credit rehabilitation services, recently announced that it has secured a growth capital investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners and Fenway Summer. The investment will enable Colorado-based National Credit Care to continue to grow and enhance its nationwide, industry-leading product and service…

KO client Spire Digital, a Denver-based digital transformation company with a focus on software development, user interface design and experience development, was recently acquired by Kin + Carta, a public, UK-based, international digital transformation company. The acquisition will allow Spire to grow more quickly and will support Kin + Carta’s…

KO client Madwire helps small businesses grow by streamlining a wide variety of digital marketing and customer management services. The Fort Collins-based technology company recently acquired its second company in the last 15 months, SpaceCraft, Inc. The acquisition will enhance Madwire’s Marketing 360 platform by adding powerful website-building technology for…

Want to spend less time in the lift line this season on the slopes? Alpine Media Technology, the leading digital content delivery system for ski resort chair lifts and gondolas, has equipped Colorado ski resorts like Winter Park with digital displays for the start of the 2019 ski season. Skiers will…

KO client soona recently closed on a $1.185 million financing that included the newly created Candor Clause, an open-source clause intended to promote a radically open dialogue between founders and their potential investors around sexual harassment. I recently talked with Liz Giorgi, co-founder of soona, a same-day professional photo and…