George Grellas

Current

• Founder and Principal at George Grellas & Associates

Past

• Associate Attorney at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen)
• Law Clerk at United States District Court, Northern District of California (Honorable William A. Ingram)

Education

• Santa Clara University
• University of California, Santa Cruz

Recommended

2 people have recommended George

Connections

157 connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

• My Startup Business Law Firm
• My Business Lawyer Profile
• Startup Law 101 Series Index

George Grellas’s Summary

Startup business legal specialist, having represented thousands of founders and entrepreneurs - and the companies they serve - from within Silicon Valley since 1984.

George Grellas’s Specialties:

Company formation, founder arrangements, IP protection, licensing and distribution, bridge and preferred stock funding, acquisitions - representing primarily independent-minded entrepreneurs and their companies.

George Grellas’s Experience

• Founder and Principal

  George Grellas & Associates

  (Law Practice industry)

  1984 — Present (25 years )

  Legal counsel, strategic adviser, and head of boutique firm specializing in Silicon Valley startups, focusing primarily on independent-minded entrepreneurs with early-stage startup companies.
  
  We handle the range of startup matters from company formation to exit, including founder arrangements, equity incentive plans, ISOs, NQOs, restricted stock, IP protection, technology licensing and distribution, strategic alliances, OEM deals, bridge funding, preferred stock financing, key employment contracts (CEOs, etc.), trade secret and unfair competition issues, and mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations.
  
  I have been working with startups almost exclusively for over two decades from within Silicon Valley and have represented many successful companies, entrepreneurs, and executives within the startup field.
  
  Our approach to startups is distinctive in that we represent only founders and entrepreneurs and their startup business ventures. We respect VCs but we do not represent them or hold interests in them that can potentially conflict with those of our client companies.

• Associate Attorney

  McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen)

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1980 — 1984 (4 years )

  Initially trained as a commercial litigator working for a premier San Francisco law firm specializing in commercial litigation and Fortune 500 commercial representation.

• Law Clerk

  United States District Court, Northern District of California (Honorable William A. Ingram)

  (Government Agency; Judiciary industry)

  1979 — 1980 (1 year )

  Federal judicial clerkship for the Honorable William A. Ingram, United States District Court, Northern District of California.

George Grellas’s Education

• Santa Clara University

  J.D. , Law , 1976 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
  Served as Chief Technical Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1977-1978.

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  A.B. , History , 1972 — 1974

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated with Highest Honors in History.

Additional Information

George Grellas’s Websites:

• My Startup Business Law Firm
• My Business Lawyer Profile
• Startup Law 101 Series Index

George Grellas’s Interests:

Knowledgeable in Latin and Greek.

George Grellas’s Groups:

Member, State Bar-CEB Business and Intellectual Property Law Advisory Committee (2009-present)
President, Sunnyvale-Cupertino Bar Association (2008-2009)
Director, Sunnyvale-Cupertino Bar Association (2003-present)
Member, Santa Clara County Bar Association (1984-present)
Member, State Bar of California (1978-present)

•    Santa Clara University School of Law Alumni
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Legal Marketing
•    Bingham McCutchen Alumni Group
•    Lawyers & Legal Professionals using JD Supra
•    business-one

George Grellas’s Honors:

Frequent contributor author to leading CEB publications (Counseling California Corporations (3rd edition 2008); Advising California Partnerships (3rd edition 2009); California Business Law Practitioner, "Tips, Traps, and Strategies for Representing Early-Stage Startups" (Spring 2008))

Best Lawyers, San Jose Magazine (2000-2002)

Chief Technical Editor, Santa Clara Law Review (1978)

J.D., Magna Cum Laude (1978)
A.B., Highest Honors in History (1974)

George Grellas’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch