Michael Hool works with select companies as an advisor, legal counsel and periodically serves in executive and board capacities. Michael's practice is focused primarily on corporate and commercial representation, securities, finance and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, and all aspects of counseling emerging companies. He represents both issuing companies and investors in a large variety of financing transactions. Michael also has broad merger and acquisition experience, ranging from very large transactions such as the acquisition and financing of an NHL hockey franchise, several roll-up acquisitions combined with a public offering of the acquirer, the sale of health care systems, to acquisition and sale of a variety of closely-held and emerging enterprises. Michael has assisted clients in structuring many different types of venture relationships, including: (i) a joint venture of seven health care systems; (ii) creating an intellectual property consortium whose members included the U.S. Army, universities and fortune 500 companies, and (iii) creating manufacturing and research joint ventures between U.S. companies and those in Mexico and India. Mr. Hool has lectured and authored papers on a broad variety of topics and is active as an investor in several emerging companies. Hool Law Group, PLC is a law firm of experienced professionals practicing exclusively on business transactional matters..

Jennifer Lefere's practice is concentrated in the areas of intellectual property, internet regulation, commercial transactions, corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Jennifer represents both emerging and established companies. She advises clients on licensing of technology, software and patents; trademark prosecution, copyright registration, trademark and copyright infringement actions and unfair competition claims; acquisition of technology assets and software; advertising, marketing and media matters; and publishing agreements, film production and development agreements. Jennifer has been involved in multiple international acquisitions by a major athletic apparel and equipment manufacturer, the sale of an Internet based medical business to the leader in this marketplace, public company mergers and initial public offerings. Jennifer is a member of the Executive Committee of the Invest Southwest Capital Conference and has been quoted in the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Business Journal on matters related to start-up funding for businesses. Jennifer is counsel-in-residence for the Technology Ventures Services Group at Arizona State University where she advises students engaged in providing legal services to small businesses. She has lectured on corporate and intellectual property matters at Lewis & Clark Law School, Arizona State University College of Law and Thunderbird School of Global Management. She co-authorized Security Issues For Foreign Health Professionals in the January 2003 edition of Health Law Analyses and has written on a variety of intellectual property matters.