Hot Topics in Start-ups and Venture Capital
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Practice Areas:
Business & Professional Development, Business and Corporation, Science & Technology
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About
This Course
Current and topical legal issues in the start-up and VC world, including:
- AI ethics and compliance
- Current deal terms for VC transactions
- D-Exit – Are companies really leaving Delaware?
- Status of the Corporate Transparency Act
About the Presenters
Natasha Hsieh, Esq.
Silicon Legal Strategy
Practice Area: Business and Corporation (+ 1 other areas)
Natasha is a partner at Silicon Legal Strategy. Her practice focuses on advising emerging growth and development stage companies on a variety of matters: pre-incorporation planning and entity formation, debt or equity financing and day-to-day business issues, and through the exit process. She also represents emerging technology investors.Prior to joining SLS, Natasha was a corporate associate at Kaye Scholer LLP and DLA Piper LLP (US) in Palo Alto and San Francisco, where she worked with emerging companies and investors in venture financings, M&A and corporate governance. She also practiced with DLA Piper Hong Kong and advised clients in various international transactions, including strategic investments and public ...
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Jacob Canter, Esq.
Crowell & Moring
Practice Area: Intellectual Property (+ 1 other areas)
Jacob Canter’s practice focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI). Leveraging his experience across these areas of law, Jacob helps companies succeed through strategic counseling on how to comply with the laws, negotiations and licensing to support business transactions, and litigation when disputes arise.Privacy and cybersecurity. Jacob helps companies navigate general and subject-matter-specific privacy and cybersecurity laws. Working alongside his clients, he builds privacy and cybersecurity programs based on data minimization principles and best industry practices. He has successfully resolved dozens of privacy class action and data breach disputes for clients—always with the goal ...
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Ellisha Blechynden, Esq.
Blechynden Legal
Practice Area: Business and Corporation
Ellisha is a seasoned corporate lawyer who specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, and startup formation and governance. Ellisha is a Principal Attorney at Blechynden Legal P.C., a boutique law firm that serves clients across many sectors.Ellisha has a track record of successfully advising and representing entrepreneurs, investors, and corporations in complex and high-value transactions. She has worked with leading law firms and organizations in Australia, New York, and California, including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Herbert Smith Freehills, the University of California, and eBay, Inc. Ellisha is passionate about helping startups and investors achieve their goals and ...
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Jason Sanderson, Esq.
Morrison Foerster
Practice Area: Business and Corporation (+ 2 other areas)
Jason Sanderson is a partner in the Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group based in San Francisco.With nearly two decades of experience as a corporate lawyer, primarily practicing in the venture space, Jason assists innovative companies in navigating a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including formation and general corporate governance, operations and commercial transactions, and financing and M&A transactions.In addition to his work with companies, Jason advises venture capital funds, family offices, and angel investors on their investments in emerging companies and fund formation and structuring matters. His experience includes participation in nearly 1,000 venture capital financings across ...
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Javier A. Bastidas, Esq.
Romanov Law
Practice Area: Intellectual Property (+ 1 other areas)
Javier Bastidas is a seasoned San Francisco divorce and family law attorney with nearly two decades of experience representing clients in complex dissolution, custody, paternity, and support matters. As a Senior Associate at Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick, LLP, he led the Intellectual Property Division, contributed to the Business Transactions and Litigation Teams, and chaired the firm’s Diversity Committee during a major acquisition. Previously, Javier served as Supervising Attorney for the Justice & Diversity Center’s Sargent Shriver Project, where he managed legal teams and represented parents in high-conflict custody battles, and he has acted as Attorney-of-the-Day for San Francisco’s ...
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