Overview
At Linden Law Partners, our Colorado-based attorneys provide practical legal guidance to business owners, entrepreneurs, and investors as they navigate each stage of the business lifecycle. Our team brings together decades of experience in large law firms and in-house counsel roles, along with an entrepreneurial mindset that helps us deliver legal services with a clear understanding of how businesses operate day to day.
Pat Linden founded Linden Law Partners in 2014 with a straightforward goal: to offer legal counsel grounded in the perspective of a business owner. For more than a decade, the firm has carried out that vision by supporting companies across a wide range of industries that rely on Linden Law Partners to serve as their outside general counsel.
Whether assisting an entrepreneur launching a new venture or advising on a high-stakes transaction, our attorneys approach each matter with a focus on practical solutions and long-term business goals, guided by the firm’s Core Values.
Rankings
Regional
Colorado
Rankings
Regional
Colorado
Practice Areas
- Business Law
Entrepreneurs and business owners across Colorado rely on Denver-based Linden Law Partners for guidance at every stage of the business lifecycle. Our corporate attorneys work with companies from startup and early growth through expansion, succession planning, and exit planning. Drawing on many years of experience serving as both in-house and outside general counsel to publicly traded and privately held companies, our team provides practical legal guidance tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized businesses.
Linden Law Partners assists clients with the legal and governance matters that come with running and growing a business. We prepare and review commercial contracts, negotiate business transactions, and advise on employment, partnership, and operating agreements. Our attorneys also help design and administer equity incentive compensation plans, address business disputes, and provide ongoing counsel to support informed decision-making and long-term business planning.
- Debt and Equity Financing
Linden Law Partners advises entrepreneurs, startups, emerging companies, and investors on a wide range of debt and equity financing transactions. Based in Denver, the firm works with clients at many stages of growth, from early seed financings and convertible instruments to venture capital investments and more complex funding arrangements. The attorneys assist with structuring transactions, negotiating term sheets, preparing agreements, and guiding clients through the closing process while keeping business and financing objectives in focus.
The firm also represents investors by addressing key provisions designed to protect their interests, including matters such as director and observer rights, anti-dilution terms, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights, tag- and drag-along rights, liquidation preferences, and information rights. In addition, Linden Law Partners helps companies develop and implement equity incentive compensation plans—such as stock options, profits interests, and other equity-based awards—by preparing plan documents and grant agreements, advising on vesting structures and 409A valuation considerations, and supporting capitalization table management.
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Denver-based Linden Law Partners advises companies, founders, executives, and investors on crucial Mergers & Acquisitions transaction and other business combinations. Our attorneys assist with structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions while keeping each client’s financial and business goals in focus. We guide clients through the full lifecycle of a deal, helping them address key issues that arise during planning, negotiation, and execution.
We represent buyers and sellers ranging from small and middle-market businesses to larger companies across many industries. Our team frequently works with business owners during legacy exit events, including sales to private equity groups and institutional purchasers. Throughout the transaction process, we coordinate with investment bankers, accountants, and other advisors, assist with due diligence and the review of offers and letters of intent, and prepare the agreements and disclosures needed to move deals from early discussions to closing.
- Securities
Entrepreneurs, companies, and investors work with Linden Law Partners on matters involving federal and state securities laws, particularly in connection with private offerings of debt and equity. The firm assists with structuring and negotiating financings intended to qualify for exemptions from registration requirements, including friends and family financings, angel and seed investments, venture capital and private equity transactions, senior and subordinated debt, real estate equity investments, accredited investor offerings, and other issuances conducted under Regulation D and Regulation S.
The firm also advises businesses on securities law considerations that arise during mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions involving the issuance or exchange of private securities. In addition, Linden Law Partners represents investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other regulated entities and individuals in securities compliance matters, including regulatory proceedings, enforcement actions, and related disputes involving the SEC, FINRA, the PCAOB, and state and federal regulators.
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