Mr. Sofferman represents clients in business transactions, including corporate structuring, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder and member disputes, trademark, copyright, licensing, software, technology, Internet, publishing, privacy, and export compliance. He prepares and negotiates complex partnership and limited partnership agreements, as well as prepares and negotiates, and advises clients on, complex commercial transactions. He also advises on advertising, First Amendment, and right of publicity issues. Mr. Sofferman advises corporate boards, both for-profit and not-for-profit, on corporate governance matters.
International companies turn to Mr. Sofferman for legal representation regarding corporate issues associated with entering the U.S. market. He frequently prepares and negotiates international distribution and licensing agreements.
In addition to handling complex corporate and commercial transactions, Mr. Sofferman advises on litigation matters involving corporate and commercial issues, as well as complex intellectual property issues in the areas of copyright and trademark law.
He previously served as general counsel for a technology manufacturer and as legal counsel for Scholastic, Inc., the Fortune 500 global media and publishing company. Mr. Sofferman has prepared and/or negotiated some of the most successful works in publishing history. He is the author of the Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual, published by Data Trace Publishing, which is the authoritative work on Florida LLCs.