Here’s a small sampling of Axiom engagements:
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ip licensing/commercial contracts
client: Fortune 100 media conglomerate dominating the entertainment industry with or without a strike
expertise: IP licensing and general corporate
matter: Make your mark on the industry as you draft and negotiate a variety of agreements for operating companies including consulting, service, e-commerce, licensing, and software agreements.
corporate
client: Benchmark capital-funded start-up that attracts upwards of 2 million unique visitors a month
expertise: General Counsel
matter: Rule the roost and handle everything from M &A to content licensing deals to sponsorship agreements for this online teenage mecca.
venture capital
client: Global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions
expertise: Venture capital and M&A
matter: Lead the venture capital arm of this tech company, heading up negotiations on key strategic investments.
aircraft leasing
client: World’s leading provider of aviation services
expertise: Aircraft/equipment leasing and project finance
matter: Independently negotiate and manage big ticket aircraft deals for this international giant’s aviation finance unit.
investment management/ compliance
client: Global investment bank
expertise: Marketing material review, surveillance strategy and general management
matter: Play a lead role on the management team while counseling a team of traders and business folk on a variety of private wealth management and asset management compliance matters.
trademark licensing
client: King of denim
expertise: Trademark licensing and commercial contracts
matter: Support this retail legend’s trademark licensing efforts as well as its day-to-day business needs.
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Check out our New York Hotlist.
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We’ve scouted the World Wide Web so you don’t have to! Check out the Axiom Blawg Roll, our overview of legal happenings across the blogosphere.
Articles in this month's issue include...
"Law Firms Feeling the Crunch"
"Five Law Firms Among Fortune’s Best"
"Do New Yorkers Really Deserve More?"
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Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Annual Dinner
Join Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom at their Annual Dinner featuring Keynote Speaker, Alice Huffman, California Chair of the NAACP. Attendees will also get to take advantage of a networking event following dinner.
February 28, 5:30-9:30pm @ the Hyatt Regency
(5 Embarcadero Center)
For tickets, click here.
The American Legal Profession: Current Controversies, Future Challenges
Join the Stanford Law Review, the Stanford Center on Ethics, and The John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law at this 2008 Symposium. The conference will feature leading scholars and practitioners (including Axiom’s own Mark Harris) for a discussion of the changing face of the legal profession and its current challenges.
March 14, 9:00am-5:00pm @ Stanford Law School
(559 Nathan Abbott Way)
Click here to learn more and to register.
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 life before axiom: GC, SF 49ers; Ticketmaster; Mattel; Baker & Hostetler; Boalt Hall; Stanford University
i joined axiom because: I made it to GC and said ‘This is great, but I’m tied to my desk and feel like I’m missing out on my personal and family life.’ I wanted sophisticated, fun work—joining Axiom was a no-brainer.
if i weren’t an attorney, i'd be: Coaching football—a high school or small college team. I love how football instills in kids the value of relying on your teammate.
if i could be anywhere, it would be: In a conference room at a conference table—wait a minute, it gets better—with Martin Luther King, JFK, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill and Jesus Christ. I would just ask them all to start talking.
something you should know: I had tea and coffeecake with a Maasai prince in his tiny house made of dried cow dung. It was in the Serengeti region of southwestern Kenya and despite what you may be thinking, it didn’t smell at all.
life at axiom: Electronic Arts; EJ Gallo
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Want to beat the winter (ahem) blues? We’ve recently discovered the perfect way to enjoy a mid-winter escape without even having to leave the city. Think hearty soul food, legendary jazz, and a nightcap at one of the Bay Area’s coolest local watering holes.
Begin your evening with some down home fried chicken and truffle-infused mashed potatoes at 1300 on Fillmore, one of the swankiest new additions to the historic Fillmore Jazz District. You can’t help but get in the mood for tunes as you dine amongst framed photos of legendary jazz divas and vintage playbills of long-past Fillmore performances like Little Richard and Ike & Tina Turner.
After dinner, saunter over to Yoshi’s Jazz Club, sister venue of the famous Oakland Yoshi’s that has housed such renowned musicians as Dizzy Gillespie and Betty Carter. Although San Francisco’s Yoshi’s boasts a number of incredible upcoming performances, our tried-and-true recommendation is Arturo Sandoval, a trumpeter whose eclectic fusion of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music has earned him four Grammy awards and a collection of Billboard Music awards to boot. He’s coming back to town the last week of February and promises to knock our socks off all over again.
If you still have a few beats left in you after doing it up right at Yoshi’s, head a couple blocks over to Bar 821. A chic, cozy bar specializing in champagne cocktails and imported Belgian beers, 821 will keep you in your laidback groove. Better arrive on the early side, though, because this Fillmore district hotspot is so underground and speakeasy cool that they close their doors to new patrons at 11pm. Why not round out the night with a nightcap? You’re in Motown tonight.
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