Adam Gislason Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

San Diego, California, Us

As a member of the company's executive leadership team, manage and oversee the legal, corporate and strategic initiatives across all sectors to support growth, drive deals, and expand Cymbiotika’s IP portfolio, as well as determine and achieve the company’s mission and vision. Provide legal counsel, opinions and creative, practical solutions regarding wide-ranging issues and risks related to ongoing and expanding business in the United States and internationally. Draft, negotiate and review commercial contracts in connection with the company's activities on a day-to-day basis. Select, retain, supervise and work closely with outside counsel in the United States and worldwide, as needed.Lead Legal and Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, Business Development, Business Operations, Intellectual Property, Strategic Initiatives / Product Strategy, and Strategic Planning.

KATAPOLT provides outside general counsel and business consultant services to select tech-based companies (e.g. Dash Radio, BPM Supreme) and counsel to other content creators in the tech, music and film industries. Our tag line mantra is Launch/Protect/Ascend, and we intend to do just that.Admitted to practice in Minnesota and California, selected to the list of Super Lawyers in 2015 and 2016 (former Chair of the Arts & Entertainment Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association (2015-2016), SXSW Mentor (2019), and a panelist on various intellectual property matters, including “Avoid Startup Shutdown to Raise Capital,” SXSW Interactive 2016 and “Protecting Your Secret Sauce from Inside Jobs and Outside Risks” SXSW Interactive 2017.

St. Paul, Mn, Us

Mission: The Sanneh Foundation, a 501(c)3 youth development ORGANIZATION, provides life skills programs for at-risk children using soccer as the catalyst to empower kids, improve lives and unite communities.We empower kids by providing leadership-skill development and mentoring, along with access to a safe and healthy ENVIRONMENT to learn and play.We improve lives by supporting and promoting educational attainment through in-school and after-school programming, TUTORING and college preparatory training.We unite communities by advancing diversity, promoting COMMUNITY service, and fighting racism through individual training and institutional change.

Boise, Idaho, Us

With nearly 20 years of experience providing legal counsel and business advice to innovators and content creators, Adam co-founded Strike to help tech startups and other innovators recover and monetize R&D tax credits to re-fuel innovation and increase valuation. In his current position, Adam leads the Strike team, which is comprised of R&D tax specialists with over 40 years combined experience and 500 engagements under their belts, as well as a group of technologists that can do the deep dive necessary to document R&D tax credits so that innovators are rewarded for innovating. Strike operates on a success fee structure, only positively impacts your cash flow, and maximizes R&D tax credits for immediate realization or carry-forward for up to 20 years.

Boise, Id, Us

After 15+ in private practice at BIG LAW and my own law firm, I'm excited to focus by experience, talents, and entrepreneurial energy on by new gig as the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Affairs for Ventive, LLC, which has soared to #172 on the prestigious Inc. 5000 by creating innovative digital products, custom SaaS, web and mobile platforms, e-commerce and CRM products. With a strong track record as a lead negotiator and executing on all phases of the deal life cycle, I enjoy collaborating and leading teams across multiple businesses, as well as managing Ventive's role as a incubator/accelerator of several companies in various verticals across the US.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Adam represents businesses, artists, creatives and entrepreneurs in transactional matters and complex litigation throughout the country. Licensed in California and Minnesota, his practice has significant breadth, focusing on reviewing, drafting and enforcing contracts of all shapes and sizes, protecting and exploiting clients’ entertainment assets and intellectual property, business formation, commercial litigation, information technology and all aspects of entertainment law.Adam's representation of creative content and content creators is particularly focused on new media and digital streaming services, including drafting and enforcing contracts and license agreements, raising capital, and protecting intellectual property and sensitive information. Adam draws upon his background as a songwriter and front-man for a touring, indie rock band and nearly two decades of experience as an entertainment lawyer to create solutions for his clients’ legal, business and intellectual property needs. His trial, entrepreneurial and “in-the-trenches” experience provides a common bond with clients who put their hearts and souls into their creative and business endeavors.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Adam draws upon his unique professional, educational, and life experiences to help create or achieve the best solution for his clients' legal, business and intellectual property needs. Since the advent of the iPod, Adam has represented businesses, artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs in various transactional matters and complex litigation across the country. Licensed in Minnesota and California, Adam’s practice has significant reach, focusing on reviewing, drafting, and enforcing contracts of all shapes and sizes, protecting and exploiting clients’ entertainment assets and intellectual property, business formation, commercial litigation, information technology, and all aspects of entertainment law. Coupled with his background as a songwriter and frontman for a touring, indie rock band, Adam’s trial, entrepreneurial and "in-the-trenches" experience provides a common bond with clients who put their hearts and souls into their creative and business endeavors. Adam was selected as a Super Lawyer® by his peers in 2015, and has held several leadership positions with the MSBA, including the current Chair of the Arts & Entertainment Section of the MSBA. Adam frequently speaks on hot topic legal issues in the creative, intellectual property, and information technology realms.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

With big-firm talent and small-firm attitude, Snyder Gislason Frasier LLC provides creative legal solutions for individuals, businesses, families and artists in and out of court.At SGF, we are more than litigators. We are advisors, advocates, and legal problem solvers. With more than 20 years of combined experience handling complex issues and disputes for some of the largest companies in the world, we are uniquely-positioned to help in a variety of areas including: Civil litigation, insurance, family law, employment law, and entertainment law.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Rock the Cause is a non-profit organization working to create a positive, life-changing experience through the power of music and community. We do this by organizing, marketing, staffing and promoting music events for local and national non-profit organizations.We are a grass roots effort to build a new generation of volunteerism and stewardship for non-profits that make a measurable impact on our world. We partner with young artists and volunteers to make the world a brighter place.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

In May 2010, I decided to leave Zelle Hofmann to start a boutique litigation law firm and expand my entertainment law practice. I leave behind great experiences, good times, and even better friends.

Imagine stepping inside a new wave, discotheque arcade, where the boombox shocks, the disco ball drops, and the kick drum keeps the time. Characterized by bombastic grooves, alluring melodies, and provocative lyrics, SO IT GOES was a self-described new-punk-wave dance rock band that played some of the finest stages across the country and achieved national airplay until the gang of five disbanded in December 2009.

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology And Philosophy