Fall 2012
    Law No.: LAW8651
    Sched. No.: 112820603

Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital Financing: Principles and Practice
Section 1
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Lincoln, Michael R.



Administrative Information:
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Days, Times (Room):TR, 1815-2015 (WB105)
Credits:2Type:Lecture
Capacity:32 **This information is current as of 05/24/2013 06:18:32 AM**
Current Enrollment:32 **This information is current as of 05/24/2013 06:18:32 AM**

Course Description:

NOTE: While students need to be available on both Tuesday and Thursday, please note that class meets only once per week.

In recent years, the start-up high technology enterprise, privately financed largely with funds provided by angel investors and venture capital firms, has become a dramatically successful source of important new and technologically innovative products, particularly in the areas of software, semiconductors, electronics, biotechnology, and the Internet. This course deals with legal and business issues that arise in representing emerging growth technology companies, with a particular emphasis on venture capital transactions, liquidity events, intellectual property, and corporate formation, governance, and capital structure. The course will provide an introduction to practice in this area through the eyes of an attorney who is active in northern Virginia’s technology market and who practices with a Silicon Valley-based law firm. Guest lecturers play an important role in this class and provide students with a real-world perspective on the part of counsel in helping emerging growth companies. During the course of the semester, students will have the opportunity to hear from prominent venture capitalists, an investment banker, an angel investor, and several entrepreneurs who have successfully raised capital and built companies.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT: Enrolled students who do not attend the first class session will be dropped. Students seeking to enroll in this course must attend the first class session.
PREREQUISITE: Corporations or Corporations (Law & Business) recommended, but not required
COURSE REQUIREMENT: Short-answer exam

Prerequisites:Corporations or Corporations (Law & Business) recommended, but not required