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Business Law Fundamentals For Startups And Startup Advisors
October 25, 2016
Contrary to popular belief – all F1 race cars have a reverse gear. They just don’t use them much. Nor should startups….
Learn how to keep your startup out of reverse! Build your company on a solid legal and regulatory foundation. Prevent common missteps that distract management, harm value and drive away investors.
In this engaging day-long course you’ll learn how to:
* Pick the right business structure and domicile.
* Allocate ownership interests and plan for future equity ownership changes.
* Meet basic licensing, registration and tax requirements.
* Establish appropriate governance practices.
* Identify and protect critical intellectual property.
* Structure and manage relationships with co-founders, investors and employees.
* Negotiate better contracts with partners, suppliers and customers.
* Develop a financing strategy for near term needs and long term goals.
* Organize and manage a strategically and operationally optimized data room.
* Identify and meet key regulatory requirements.
* Prevent, manage and resolve commercial and customer disputes.
PROGRAM PRESENTER: Paul Swegle is well known in Seattle’s startup and VC communities.
* Currently General Counsel to Observa, Newyu and Payment Gear.
* Formerly General Counsel to ShareBuilder, Numera, ZenBanx and cloudRIA.
* Chair of the Corporate Counsel Section of the Washington State Bar Association.
* 2012 Corporate Counsel of the Year – Puget Sound Business Journal.
* Industry and regulatory experience in financial services, e-commerce, SaaS, social media marketing, natural resources, manufacturing, gig/social economy and more.
* Financings and M&A transactions totaling $11 billion.
* Innovation and Technology Law Advisory Board, Seattle University School of Law.
* Served in the SEC’s Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation Finance.
* Former Special Assistant United States Attorney.
* Securities Law Committee Member, Washington State Bar Association
* Frequent speaker and writer on wide-ranging topics, including working with startups, preparing for a business financing or sale, fixing and preventing problems in the board room, business fundraising and securities law, drafting and negotiating contracts, corporate governance, working with outside auditors, protecting intellectual property and legal ethics.
Approved for 6.5 general CLE credits by the Washington State Bar Association.
