The Sutter Law Firm is a business law practice, we focus on transaction and corporate law with a particular emphasis on the corporate formation, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and corporate compliance. We represent clients in a number of industries, including software, hardware, electronics, communications, software as a service, games, virtual reality, consumeWe offer a free consultation with an experienced Business Transactional Attorney. Confidentiality is ensured and professionalism is a given. We advise companies on business plans, incorporation, employment, financing, stock purchase agreements, employee equity plans, intellectual property protection, licensing, joint venture agreements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Our vision is a vibrantly diverse democratic society in which everyone is treated equally under the law, given the freedom and opportunity to pursue their vision, and empowered to participate in the American Dream. This is founded on the belief that a society that reflects these constitutional principles and progressive values is worth fighting for. We serve our clients by providing value-added solutions to their legal needs. This objective is accomplished by building long-term relationships and providing a combination of specialized expertise, a commitment to excellence, and deep understanding of the law and public policy. Our clients’ objectives are achieved without compromising integrity, honesty, and a commitment to justice.

Business Transactions (Contracts, Legal Due Diligence, and General Counsel)

Business Formation (Corporations, LLCs, Partnerships, and B-Corps)

Employee Agreements (Contact Preparation, Contract Review, and Severance Package Negotiation)

Shareholder Agreements (Stock Purchase Agreements, Stock Buy-Back, and Stock Vesting)

Terms of Service (Used to Protect your Intellectual Property on the Internet)

Business Funding (Seed, Angel, and A Round Financing, and Note Round Financing)

Private Placement Memorandums (Drafting Disclosures and Filing with SEC and State)

Intellectual Property Assignment Agreements (Licensing Agreements, White Label Agreements, and Software Licensing Agreements)

Nondisclosure Agreements

Crowd Sourced Financing (Title II & Title IV of the Jobs Act)

Trademark and Copyright Applications

Mergers and Acquisitions

Eric H. Milliken, Founding Attorney

Attorney Eric Milliken thrives as an attorney because of his love and passion for his job. He has chosen his profession and area of law deliberately to surround himself with smart, ambitious people who want to change the world.

EXPERIENCE: Milliken served as the Executive Vice President of Soltech Solar, he also worked as a Compliance Officer Centurion Alliance. Milliken’s unique practice is driven by his years of experience working in all aspects of businesses, from formation, business development, funding negotiations, SEC compliance, contract negotiations and legal services.

Boyana Bounkova, Attorney, Special Counsel

A native of Bulgaria, Boyana Bounkova has more than 10 years of international practice experience and expertise. The focus of Boyana Bounkova’s practice includes Intellectual Property and Commercial law, with an emphasis on copyrights and trademarks, technology portfolios, data protection, cyber-law and entertainment law both in the U.S. and the European Union.

Boyana Bounkova holds an LLM degree from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, a Postgraduate Diploma on Copyright and Patents Law from Queen Mary, University of London, UK and an LLM degree in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from the University of San Francisco, School of Law.

Boyana Bounkova is fluent in English, Bulgarian, and some Russian. In addition to her role at Sutter Law P.C., she continues to serve as the managing director of a successful international music publishing company.

Ian Bennett-Goldberg, Special Counsel

Ian Bennett-Goldberg joined Sutter Law in February 2019 and was promoted to Partner in March 2020. A career litigator, with an emphasis on providing strategic advice and risk management. An accomplished advisor to businesses ranging from startups to enterprises, as a Bay Area native, Ian Bennett-Goldberg brings a savvy and practical approach to handling the needs of early-stage companies and the demands of complex and high-value transactions alike. Ian Bennett-Goldberg‘s background in intellectual property, real estate, and corporate law allows him to bring a pragmatic and comprehensive approach to representing and growing the interests of our clients while also maintaining a high degree of accessibility and sensitivity to individual needs and concerns. Ian Bennett-Goldberg is known for approaching every matter as though it is his only matter and for providing advice to his clients with both their present and future interests in mind.

EDUCATION Juris Doctor, USF School of Law, 2010 Bachelor of Arts, University of California Los Angeles

Matt Disco, Special Counsel

Matthew (Matt) Disco is a corporate/securities and commercial attorney with over 25 years of broad-based legal experience.  Clients benefit from his varied experience as an attorney at both large and small law firms, and as senior vice president and deputy general counsel of publicly-traded software company.

Matt’s wide-ranging practice includes business formation and financing, M&A transactions, commercial transactions, contract administration and analysis, business and executive counseling, and regulatory compliance matters.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, University of California Hastings College of the Law (1994)

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Middlebury College (1991)

MEMBERSHIPS

California Bar Association

Bar Association of San Francisco