Michael E. Reid

First Year of Call
British Columbia, 2011

Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property

Description
Mike Reid is a corporate law generalist with a technology focus, often working with entrepreneurs, ‎founders and other ‎executives in startup and growth-stage companies.

Mike works with companies in a ‎wide variety of sectors, from software to e-commerce, gaming to productivity tools, artificial ‎intelligence to VR/AR, healthtech, fintech, consumer goods, food and beverage, life sciences and ‎everything in between, at all stages of a ‎company’s life cycle from startup, through growth, to exit.‎

Mike is a trusted legal advisor, helping guide clients through their various corporate process and ‎business ‎issues. Specifically, he advises clients on corporate/commercial law including: company ‎formations, such as structuring, shareholders agreements, and governance considerations; IP creation ‎and commercialization; staffing concerns, such as employment and contractor matters; B2B and B2C ‎contracting concerns; financing matters whether pre-seed, seed, series raises, private equity, venture ‎capital or other strategic investments; and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.‎

Prior to practising law, Mike had a career in marketing and communications working for a wide range of ‎clients. He brings to his legal practice a practical understanding of what is takes to grow ‎successful ‎business ventures in the modern economic landscape.‎

Mike has particular expertise advising startup companies and has written a number of articles providing ‎‎tips, tools and programs for entrepreneurs and their startup ventures.