Expert legal services to take you and your business to the next level.
Expert legal services to take you and your business to the next level.
Our Mission
At NextStage Partners, our mission is to support and empower entrepreneurs with expert legal counsel in corporate, corporate finance, and commercial matters for high tech companies at all stages of development.
We are dedicated to understanding the unique challenges of your industry and delivering real world solutions that foster growth, safeguard intellectual property, and facilitate strategic partnerships.
Leverage our Experience
Peter Deliso, Managing Partner
Since 2008, Peter Deliso has been in private practice representing small to mid- size firms and entrepreneurs in the formation, development, financing, operation and sale of primarily technology-based businesses operating on both a domestic and international basis and serving both commercial and government clients. Peter also represents various small to mid-sized venture and private equity funds in evaluating and investing in high-growth investment opportunities.
Prior to moving into private practice, Peter served for over 14 years as Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for LCC International, Inc. (NASDAQ-listed), a leading provider of engineering services, network deployment services, software and hardware products to the wireless telecommunications industry. Peter was the chief legal officer during the company’s 1996 initial public offering and he led the company’s legal activities as it completed subsequent equity and debt financings, experienced periods of rapid expansion, weathered two economic down - cycles, expanded its international presence to over 28 countries worldwide, and responded to SOX and similar regulatory changes. While with LCC, Peter also served in a variety of business and operations roles and led the company’s corporate development and strategy functions. He identified, structured and closed a number of acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate divestitures in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Prior to LCC, Peter served as Corporate Counsel to Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., also known as Skytel, an early pioneer in wireless data messaging. While with SkyTel, Peter handled the company’s in-house legal affairs during a period of rapid growth and international expansion. Peter structured and negotiated international joint venture and technology license relationships for SkyTel to construct and operate wireless communications systems in a variety of locations including France, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and Hong Kong.
His broad experience also includes domestic and international transactions including commercial contracts, software and technology licensing, and agreements with agents, distributors and international representatives; corporate structuring including the establishment and operation of foreign operations, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance (debt and equity arrangements), and corporate law and governance.