Michael D. Orlando is a corporate and intellectual property transactions attorney in the firm's Del Mar Heights office.

Areas of Practice

Michael advises clients on corporate law, venture capital financing, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property development and licensing, outsourcing and other commercial transactions.

His corporate practice involves entity structuring for start-up companies, joint ventures, and investment funds, including complex limited liability company and limited partnership agreements; assisting both companies and investors in venture capital financings and private equity investments; and representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border and international transactions. Michael’s legal practice spans multiple industries, including software, hardware, medical devices, biotechnology/pharmaceuticals, healthcare IT, consumer products, sports equipment, apparel, telecommunications, aerospace, education, financial services and real estate.

Michael has extensive experience assisting companies with their intellectual property and commercial transactions, including:

patent licenses, development and collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, and supply, manufacturing, distribution and other outsourcing agreements for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies;
software and hardware technology licenses, development agreements, software as a service (SaaS) agreements, maintenance and support agreements, service level agreements, cloud computing arrangements, strategic alliances, joint development agreements, manufacturing and supply agreement, OEM agreements, VAR, reseller and distribution agreements;
outsourcing agreements, including information technology outsourcing (ITO), business process outsourcing (BPO), technology development and manufacturing, joint ventures, and offshoring arrangements;
online advertising agreements, privacy policies, terms of service, website development agreements, hosting agreements and e-commerce fulfillment agreements; and
trademark licenses, merchandising agreements, manufacturing and supply arrangements, distribution agreements and endorsement/sponsorship agreements for a wide variety of industries, including, food and beverage, sports equipment, apparel and consumer product companies.

Prior to his legal practice, Michael founded and managed a website and multimedia design company focused on the development of e-commerce and SaaS Internet applications.