Law for Startups - Issues and Traps (Workshop)
 Share this
|
Event Options
Confirmed guests
Law for Startups - Issues and Traps (Workshop)
The course will increase your knowledge and awareness of legal issues facing start-ups and will train entrepreneurs how to evaluate legal risk which may be useful throughout a career. The workshop will run attendees through all of the legal aspects of starting a business including:
Choosing which type of corporate vehicle to use and understanding filing,
accounting and reporting obligations;
Shareholders agreements and articles of association;
Legal aspects of raising finance;
How to protect intellectual property – the basics;
Employees and contractors; How to protect your business from liability.
Course Leader:
Guy Wilmot (Partner – Russell Cooke LLP) has been a practicing lawyer for 10 years and specialises in advising entrepreneurs from start-up to exit. Guy’s particular specialism’s include corporate affairs, commercial contracts and intellectual property with a particular focus on technology, e-commerce and IT.
Course structure:
The workshop will comprise: a lecture discussing legal issues faced by start-ups, especially in the technology sector; a ‘legal audit’ section teaching entrepreneurs how to do a legal healthcheck of their own businesses; case studies (where things go wrong!); and a Q&A workshop to discuss any issues attendees want to raise.
Videos:
Please see the video from previous workshops
Wall
