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Nevada’s Law Firm for Entrepreneurial Startups and Emerging Companies

McDonald Carano is known for helping innovative startups, emerging organizations, and tech companies launch, grow and prosper. We work with every kind of emerging-company client, including entrepreneurs; high-tech and specialized-industry startups; biotechnology and life sciences to next-gen manufacturing; fast-growth enterprises and middle-market companies; Fortune 500 companies involved in cutting-edge commerce and new technologies; and the angel investors, and investment banks, venture capital firms and private equity firms that catalyze the development of Nevada’s vibrant and innovative commercial ecosystem. 

Our extensive experience representing entrepreneurs assures clients that we understand the issues they face throughout their life cycle, from company formation services and early-stage strategic counsel to commercial legal counsel required for scaling up and meeting business objectives. Our work with emerging companies also often begins prior to entity selection and formation and progresses through the full evolution of an innovative, private, high-growth, startup’s life. We work to find the best solution for whatever comes next. In addition to assisting startups with their initial incorporation or relocation to Nevada, we also have extensive experience changing and converting the state of incorporation from other states, such as Delaware, to Nevada.

Our Emerging Industries and Companies Practice Group serves as a multidisciplinary advice and guidance partner that helps emerging companies look beyond present circumstances to better plan for the future. We constantly analyze and assess the long-term strategic consequences of our advice, particularly when working with clients to manage their growth. Although fast success is often a positive, it can also cause problems if not managed properly. Our Nevada team helps each emerging company to recognize the challenges and opportunities of a new venture or rapid expansion, and to develop the plans and structures needed to maximize return on investment both today and down the road.

We provide entrepreneurial companies with the full range of end-to-end legal services they need:

  • Changing and converting the state of incorporation from other states to Nevada
  • Commercial contracts, including supplier and manufacturing
  • Consulting agreements
  • Employee benefits and executive compensation
  • Enterprise funding and financing
  • Entity formation, organization and governance
  • Franchising and distribution
  • Incorporation and relocation to Nevada
  • Independent contractor issues
  • Intellectual property protection
  • Joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnering arrangements
  • Labor and employment
  • Mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, shareholder/owner buyouts
  • Public offerings and securities
  • Dispute resolution and litigation
  • Regulatory compliance matters
  • Technology transfer, licensing, acquisitions and other specialized transactions
  • Individual wealth planning, corporate asset protection and succession planning
  • Website and mobile application terms of use and privacy policies
  • Data protection and cyber security
  • Customer agreements

Practice Area News

DExit: Nevada vs. Delaware Corporate Law and Practice

With increasing national attention focused on Nevada corporate law as an alternative to the corporate laws of other jurisdictions, such as Delaware and Texas, we write to provide information to…

James Robertson Receives Prominent Ranking in Chambers USA 2026

McDonald Carano congratulates James Robertson on receiving his second consecutive prominent Band 3 ranking in Corporate/Commercial Law from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the legal profession’s highly respected…

Brian Schusterman Receives Prominent Ranking in Chambers USA 2026

McDonald Carano congratulates Brian Schusterman on receiving his third consecutive top ranking of Band 2 in Corporate/Commercial Law from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the legal profession’s highly…

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