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Technology Start-up Company Consulting Agreements, Advisory Board Agreements and Finders Agreements

Program Number: 2053

Program Date: 10/13/2010

Description

In addition to its employees, a technology company must also rely on advisory boards, consultants and finders. In this program, part of an ongoing new series on technology start up companies, Peter Townshend and George Colindres of McDermott Will & Emery LLP discuss technology start-up companies' proper use of advisory boards, consultants and finders and review the key terms of the agreements that govern these relationships. Topics include, among others, use of advisory boards, distinguishing consultants from employees, distinguishing finders from broker-dealers, compensation, nondisclosure/confidentiality provisions, ownership of inventions, and non-competition and non-solicitation provisions.

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

Credit Information

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

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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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