When we negotiate a deal, the paperwork is intended to document the deal, and ensure that all parties keep their commitments. But I admit it: I’m paranoid. How do I ensure enforceability? We are investing millions of dollars based on a few pieces of paper, a feat only possible in the context of a high-trust...
[Continue Reading]Checklist legal and institutional action items for launching your emerging manager
We finished publishing in OpenVC and here our series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund. Thanks so much to my coauthor Dolph Hellman, Chair, Orrick’s Private Investment Fund’s Group, who cowrote most of these resources with me. Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund:...
[Continue Reading]The Legal Issues You Need to Nail Down for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund
(Thanks to my coauthor Dolph M. Hellman, Esq., Chair, Orrick’s Private Investment Fund’s Group.) This is part of a series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund: Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data Ownership The Legal Issues You...
[Continue Reading]The Constitution for Your New Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data
(Thanks to my coauthor Dolph M. Hellman, Esq., Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Chair, Orrick’s Private Investment Fund’s Group.) This is part of a series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund: Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and...
[Continue Reading]Ten Tips for Entrepreneurs when Working with Lawyers
David A. Boillot, Susan Klein, and Ed Reitler of Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt did a great job representing me in finalizing the terms of my joining ff Venture Capital. However, I definitely have to admit that executing the agreements took much longer than I had hoped. Although fortunately my cost was capped, it still cost...
[Continue Reading]The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO
Image via Wikipedia I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’. It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association . The speakers were:...
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