Celesq® Attorneys Ed Center

How Venture Capital Funds Work

Program Number: 2029

Program Date: 04/14/2010

Description

Technology start up companies and entrepreneurs seeking venture capital often find the legal terms demanded by venture capital lists to be onerous. However, the terms demanded by these "VCs" are dictated in large part by the legal structure of VC funds and the demands by the investors in these funds on the VCs. Join Peter Townshend, a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP, who discusses the structure of VC funds and describes how this structure affects VC-backed preferred stock financings and the emerging companies and founders that accept VC funding. NOTE to TX Attorneys: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1 credit hours, of which 0 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.

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Available in states

Arizona, California, Colorado Eligible, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Texas Participatory, Texas Self Study,

Credit Information

50 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit
60 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit

State Program Numbers

TX # 901201191, 1.0 Gen. (5/10/2010-4/30/2011)

Presenters

Peter N. Townshend, Esq.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Peter N. Townshend, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in its San Diego and Silicon Valley offices. Mr. Townshend, who is co-chair of his firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice group, has extensive experience representing emerging growth technology companies and venture capital investors in structuring a wide variety of transactions, including venture capital, angel and other private equity financings; convertible note and other debt financings; mergers and acquisitions; public offerings; and more. A recognized expert on issues relating to startups, mergers and acquisitions, and angel and venture capital, he is a member of Tech Coast Angels, San Diego CONNECT and a regular lecturer for the von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurship at U.C. San Diego. He has also lectured at U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Diego, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State University.

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