About
Akabas & Sproule, founded in 1968 and based in New York, NY, is a law firm focused on transactional, business advisory, intellectual property, and litigation matters. Its practice spans Business & Transactions; Real Estate; Securities & Venture Capital; Taxation; Business Counseling; Start-Up Ventures; Financing; Intellectual Property, including Software & the Internet and Trademark & Copyright; Employment; Investor & Broker Relations; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; and Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration. Practice leaders include Seth Akabas (Business & Transactions), Michael Sproule (Intellectual Property), and David Bamberger (Dispute Resolution). The firm’s work includes mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, company formations, joint ventures, asset and stock sales, reorganizations, lease negotiations, and commercial agreements. It represents clients across technology, real estate, consumer products, media, education, and hospitality, among other sectors. Akabas & Sproule advises established companies and start-ups on governance, compliance, capital raising, and protection and commercialization of intellectual property, and handles disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Clients engage the firm for comprehensive counsel across the business life cycle, from formation and growth transactions to dispute resolution and estate and succession planning.