Benjamin A. Wiles
Benjamin Wiles is counsel in the Corporate and Business Law department. He represents venture capital and private equity investors and emerging growth companies in formation, debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, technology arrangements and general corporate matters. He also assists clients in negotiating and drafting contractual arrangements, including intellectual property licenses, cloud services agreements, software licenses, manufacturing and distribution agreements and other commercial transactions. His practice includes advising clients in a wide variety of industries, including software, technology, financial services, banking, healthcare, energy and regulated utilities.
Benjamin is a member of the Emerging Companies and Venture Finance group which has assembled the Connecticut Entrepreneur and Investor Hub, an online resource for startup companies and investors in the state.
Benjamin is an editor and regular contributor on Day Pitney's Venture Law Desk (venturelawdesk.daypitney.com), a weblog that presents the latest developments in venture law and news relevant to entrepreneurs and investors.
Intellectual Property and Technology Practice
Represented quasi-public agency in negotiating third party contractual arrangements needed for construction and operation of middle-mile fiber optic network
Represented major US insurance company in negotiating and drafting numerous technology and cloud services agreements
Represented multinational consumer products firm in negotiating and drafting contracts for the provision of data colocation services, with an emphasis on multijurisdictional data security and privacy requirements
Venture Financing and Emerging Companies Practice
Represented startup television network in $15M preferred stock financing.
Represented legal services software company in $1.5M preferred stock financing.
Represented software company specializing in peer to peer analytics in $500k convertible note financing.
Represented software company specializing in investment advisor software tools and analytics in $100k seed financing and $750k convertible note financing.
Represented major venture capital firm in one of the first Latin American investments by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, a $10M purchase of preferred stock of a Uruguayan provider of SaaS inventory management solutions.
Represented major venture capital firm in a $50M investment in a leading Latin American online travel booking company.
Represented major venture capital firm in multiple lead venture investments in the consumer products and internet media sectors.
Mergers and Acquisitions Practice
Represented major insurance company on the divestiture of its insurance exchange affiliate and ongoing corporate reorganization. Served as lead associate for the drafting and negotiation of divestiture transaction documents and subsequent services agreements between the client and the newly divested entity.
Represented world-renowned hospital in the creation of a physician network. Exercised primary decision-making responsibility for drafting and negotiation of acquisition of physician practices and corporate governance of physician network corporate entity.
Represented artisanal spirits maker in their $20M sale of flagship vodka label to major wine and spirits conglomerate. Coordinated diligence and assisted with the preparation and negotiation of the primary and ancillary transaction documents.
Represented medical services company in its $30M acquisition of a medical supply company and its $45M acquisition of a medical systems company.