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Gene Schleppenbach represents early-stage to mature companies in diverse industries concerning a variety of corporate, high-tech and intellectual property matters. His corporate experience includes representing clients on formation issues, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, securities regulation issues, partnership and LLC matters, joint ventures, commercial contracts, debt and equity financings, including venture financings, employee stock option plans and executive compensation agreements. Mr. Schleppenbach also counsels his clients on alternative sources of financing, including federal grant programs (e.g., SBIR, STTR, ATP), federal and state Gap funding programs and government sponsored venture funds. Mr. Schleppenbach advises clients on a variety of government contract/procurement issues and has represented clients on numerous mergers and acquisitions of government contractors, including conducting due diligence, negotiating and drafting transaction documents, arranging for novation of contracts and obtaining regulatory approvals. His experience includes advising multi-national domestic and foreign companies through the various statutes and regulations that impact foreign investment in the United States. He also counsels clients on prime and subcontracts, teaming agreements and joint ventures. Mr. Schleppenbach also represents clients on a wide range of high-tech and intellectual property matters, including: software development, licensing, support/maintenance and distribution (VAR and re-seller) agreements; systems integration agreements; outsourcing agreements; source code escrow agreements; protection of intellectual property, including copyright, trademark, service mark, trade secret, government rights-in-data-clause issues; legal and product development strategy; and Internet issues, particularly those related to Website development agreements, joint marketing agreements, linking agreements, content licenses, domain name registration/infringement and NAP site access agreements. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities Business Counseling, Contracts & Transactions Corporate Governance & Disputes International Business Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions Outsourcing & Technology Transactions Private Equity/Venture Capital Securities Compliance Government Contracts Intellectual Property & Technology Counseling E-Business & Technology Licensing Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Bar Admissions/Court Admissions:District of Columbia Virginia Education:George Washington University, J.D. 1981. University of Nebraska, B.A. 1978. Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements: American Bar Association Century Club of George Mason University: Board of Directors (2004-2005); Co-Chair of Grubstake Selection Committee (2004-2005); Tech Transfer Committee Northern Virginia Technology Council: BioMedTech and Venture Capital Committees. | 