22 Acquisition International - February 2017 Jayaram Law Group, LTD. is a law firm that advises innovative companies around the world on critical trademark, copyright and corporate matters and disputes. We are lean, aggressive, and know a thing or two about today’s evolving business environments. We are pleased to have been awarded the Most Innovative Law Firm award. ur firm leverages technology to deliver efficient and creative strategies to protect your business and build your brand. Although our firm is most widely known for providing comprehensive trademark and copyright counselling to American, European, and Asian companies that value their IP, we have organically become outside general counsel to these firms and others over time. Because an experienced founder will understand the value in obtaining competent IP advice early on, we are often times the first firm that a company approaches in their corporate life. As a result, we also guide our clients on issues related to corporate formation, employment law, the negotiation of customer agreements, and other corporate governance and operational matters. Standing out from the crowd I am an entrepreneur. Because of our size and structure, we are able to act fast and pivot to accommodate our clients’ oscillating needs. Importantly, we have a significant amount of litigation experience in addition to our transactional experience, so we don’t over lawyer any matter because we know what issues might give rise to a dispute and which others can be dealt with more informally. Although we can work on an hourly basis if a client requests, we prefer to work on a flat fee basis, because this approach encourages efficiency and helps our clients meet their budgetary concerns. As an entrepreneur myself, my clients often tell me that I am able to understand my client’s problems better than what they’d expect from a lawyer. Everybody knows that virtually anything can be accomplished from anywhere in 2017. With that in mind, it will remain critical for firms like mine to provide global service and flexibility while also understanding that there’s no universal solution for each client’s issue; so, the challenge is to embrace a global marketplace while providing hyper-tailored solutions to sophisticated clients. 2016 Most Innovative Law Firm Of course, we are honoured to receive this award. Our firm’s trademark is ‘Lawyers for Innovators’. We don’t have any industry focus. For example, we represent companies disrupting the healthcare market through innovative technology platforms, others who are developing new forms of cyber security, and still others that are pushing the bounds of visual art and design. Our clients share only the common aspiration to innovate in their respective Company: Jayaram Law Group, LTD. Name: Vivek Jayram Email:
[email protected] Web: www.jayaramlaw.com Address: 125 S. Clark Street 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 / 135 E 57th St New York, NY 10022 Phone: + 1 646-325 9855 Lawyers for Innovators O 1702AI16 Lawyers for Innovators spaces. Philosophically, we are aligned closely with that objective. The ability and willingness to innovate The legal profession has historically failed to adapt to contemporary trends prevailing in today’s corporate world. Until recently, however, I think these failures have been largely excused because there was so little disruption in the legal space and companies had little choice but to use firms that subscribed to the traditional model. I think that law firms who refuse or are unable to innovate will ultimately disappear, giving way to a new generation of firms whose focus will be on providing competent and efficient services in a way that can be easily consumed by today’s entrepreneurs. Most of our clients come referred to us from existing clients, other firms, or trusted sources with whom we have done business in the past. We are also active in various business, arts, culture, and technology communities in and around the United States, and attract a number of clients from those affiliations as well. The future Our staff are essential to our success. Each of them shares our core values, and each of them adds a different skill set that allows us to remain competitive in this contemporary landscape we have been discussing. We tend to attract professionals interested in doing away with the inefficiencies rampant in the legal marketplace, and so our firm naturally attracts clients who share an interest in innovation. The cohesiveness of our team is undeniable, and is a big part of why we are successful. As we continue to grow, however, it will be a challenge to maintain that close-knit sense of camaraderie while also growing as a company. For those reading this outside the US, we particularly enjoy working with foreign companies who are interested in protecting their trademarks or commencing business here in the US; I find that we learn a lot from the cross-border exchange, and at this point we’ve handled so many matters for European, Latin American, and Asian clients that I think we’re a comfortable choice for foreign businesses. For companies here in the US, I would encourage you to consider firms like ours that are trying to provide sophisticated legal services tailored to innovative companies, all at a fraction of the cost of our competitors.