Common Legal Mistakes Webinar

Join us for this free webinar that will be given by Timothy Harris, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP. The webinar will be held August 15, 2018 9-10:30 AM PDT.

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Tim will share insights on common missteps founders make that can have serious consequences down the road, including:

– Organizational mistakes
– Stock issuance mistakes
– Intellectual property mistakes
– Employment mistakes
– Fundraising mistakes

Following the presentation, Tim will host an open forum for questions on the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup.

About Timothy Harris

Timothy Harris is a corporate partner in the Palo Alto office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. As part of the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital group, he advises emerging growth technology enterprises from formation through acquisition or initial public offering in matters including venture capital financing, debt financing, equity incentive compensation, and technology development (including licensing, joint development, distribution, and other technology transfer matters). He also represents venture capital firms, strategic corporate investors, and angel investors in their investments in startup companies.

Mr. Harris specializes in modeling complex capital structures, financing scenarios and liquidity events, helping entrepreneurs and investors analyze possibilities and understand consequences of various transaction structures. Mr. Harris represents startups and investors in a variety of technology sectors, including consumer and enterprise software, financial services technologies, wearable computing, semiconductor design, medical device, consumer retail and transportation industries.

Mr. Harris founded the firm’s Startup Speaker Series, an ongoing, eight-topic series which educates entrepreneurs on the legal issues they will face over the lifetimes of their startups. In 2012, he was named the Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellow by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and regularly speaks on startup legal issues at both University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.