O'Brien Riemenschneider Wattwood & Cantwell PA

Technological Business Clients

Brevard County, home to the Kennedy Space Center and the facilities of several large multi-national technology based companies, is one of the largest technology hubs in the State of Florida. The Firm represents a number of entities and individuals in a diverse array of technology based businesses. Along with matters common to other businesses, technology businesses can require representation in matters where experience can play an important role in a satisfactory conclusion to a transaction. The Firm's corporate attorneys have developed a unique understanding of the legal services required by technology businesses.

The Firm's attorneys believe that an understanding of a client's products, service or process, is essential to providing cost effective legal services, therefore, the Firm's attorneys strive to educate themselves about client's technologies. The Firm's practice, experience and representation of technology clients gives our attorneys the technological background which can allow for ease of representation. Our attorneys represent clients in a variety of technologies including telephony, hardware and software; software development; computer hardware; Internet systems and services; communications, satellite, cellular and PCS; high-tech manufacturing equipment; aerospace technology; medical devices and consumer electronics.

The Firm's attorneys have assisted our technology clients in a variety of transactions, both domestic and international, involving development agreements, for both software and hardware; license agreements; distribution agreements; joint venture agreements; non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements; OEM agreements; finance, mergers and acquisitions; maintenance agreements; system integration agreements; source code escrow agreements; outsourcing agreements; vendor distribution and representative agreements and other unique agreements specialized to a particular industry.

Attorneys: James M. O'Brien