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Start-Up Securities Issues
Common financing options and the associated legal obligations, including federal and state securities laws and regulations

Start-up companies are a vital component of the American economy, contributing to job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Their disruptive nature and ability to challenge long-established industries and business models make them key drivers of change and progress contributing to a dynamic, competitive economy.


Start-ups require capital to fund their research, product development, operations, and growth. Funding is typically secured by offering securities to investors which represent ownership, debt, or the right to a portion of the profits or assets of the company. These investors are interested in earning a return on their investment, supporting innovative ideas, establishing a key strategic relationship, or helping a friend or family member. Investors may include venture capital firms, institutional investors, industry participants, angel investors, or other individual investors.


These offerings must comply with federal and state securities laws and regulations. It is important for lawyers who advise start-ups to understand the typical financing options for these companies, when they are used, and the associated legal obligations to ensure compliance and avoid potential adverse legal, financial, and reputational consequences for the issuers. Get the foundation you need to help you counsel start-up companies.
 
Agenda
  • Welcome & Understanding of Start-Up Financing
  • Overview of Securities Laws; Common Private Placement Exceptions; Pitfalls
  • Start-Up Financing Tools
  • “Ask the Experts” Q&A Session
 
Faculty
 
Faculty image   PETER I. DUNN is a partner at Casner & Edwards LLP in Boston, where he practices in corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, offerings of debt, and equity securities. He represents emerging companies in all phases of their startup activities, including formation, equity compensation, capital raising, and exits. He also acts as outside general counsel to closely held and family-owned businesses across a range of industries, including technology, life sciences, IT consulting, construction services, and transportation. He has written and presented on legal issues affecting the legal and business communities.
 
Faculty image   RAMEY D. SYLVESTER is an associate in the corporate department of McLane Middleton in Manchester, New Hampshire. Her practice focuses on business and transactional matters for a wide range of clients, with a particular concentration on mergers and acquisitions. She also represents clients in an array of business and family immigration matters, including naturalization applications, H-1B petitions, employment-based green card applications, special immigrant juvenile petitions, and I-9 enforcement actions. Prior to joining McLane Middleton in 2016, she worked in, developed, and managed the legal departments in publicly traded and privately held corporations within the manufacturing and financial industries. Ms. Sylvester received her J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where she was a member of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program.
 
Faculty image   MICHAEL B. TULE is Director and Vice Chair of the Corporate Department at Mclane Middleton in Manchester, New Hampshire. With more than three decades of experience as a business lawyer, Mike has represented large and small companies in business formations, public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other complex transactions. As a former general counsel and secretary to two publicly held companies and with more than 11 years of executive experience, Mike is a versatile business lawyer with substantial expertise advising senior management on a wide range of legal and business issues, including mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation, licensing and protection of intellectual property, corporate governance, antitrust, product distribution issues, executive compensation, leasing, and employment/labor matters.
 
Materials
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  • Transcript & videorecording emailed 2 weeks post-program
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    Live WebcastLIVE WEBCAST »
    Wednesday, September 27, 2023
    11:00 am–1:00 pm
     
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    Thursday, October 5, 2023
    3:00 pm–5:00 pm
     
    Recorded WebcastRECORDED WEBCAST »
    Friday, October 13, 2023
    9:00 am–11:00 am
     
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