43rd Annual Advanced Business Law Conference: Back to the Future—Business Lawyering for All Stages of the Company Life Cycle 2016 (Online Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the April 2016 live seminar, 43rd Annual Advanced Business Law Conference

Sponsored by Virginia CLE^® in Cooperation with the Business Law Section of the Virginia State Bar

Congratulations! You have just been retained by an early-stage company to guide it through its organization, commercialization, financing, and exit. As a business lawyer, you will need to plan for the future, without a crystal ball or GPS. To help your new client succeed and confront unexpected turns in the road, you will also need a flexible road map to navigate various crossroads and allow for alternate destinations. This conference is designed to help you prepare that road map and update your knowledge as a lawyer to growing businesses.

Throughout a company’s life, management and legal counsel are confronted with an ever-increasing number of business and legal issues in real time, from choice of entity and structuring ownership and compensation, to identifying and protecting key intellectual property and commercializing products and services for successful market penetration. Along the way, the company may need to raise capital, will likely have to hire and incentivize employees and independent contractors, and will consider strategic partnerships or business alliances with other domestic or foreign companies and even when and how to enter international markets. Many companies will choose to grow in part through acquisitions of or mergers with other companies, all with an eventual sale or other exit in mind. This conference employs a unique case study to provide practical and real-life legal guidance on how to address the myriad business, finance, tax, and regulatory issues that most successful companies confront in an increasingly regulated, technological, and global environment.

Topics Covered:

• The Three "Ts' for Every Startup - Taxes, Talent, and Technology
• Legal Issues in Management Team Developments
• Technology and IP Licensing
• Ethics for Business and Corporate Counsel
• Getting Your Client's Products and Services to Market

FACULTY

Patrick C. Asplin, Lenhart Pettit / Charlottesville
Matthew A. Clary, III, Law Offices of Matthew A. Clary, III / Fairfax
James Egerton-Vernon, Jones Day / Washington, DC
Todd Harris, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP / Tysons Corner
Melanie C. Holloway, McGuireWoods LLP / Richmond
John M. Huddle, The Global Law Group, PLC / Richmond
J. Brent Justus, McGuireWoods LLP / Richmond
Steven J. Keeler, McGuireWoods LLP / Charlottesville
Talfourd H. Kemper Jr., Woods Rodgers PLC / Roanoke
Karl T. Knoll, Clarabridge, Inc. / Washington, DC
Michael R. Lincoln, Cooley LLP / Reston
Jeff Moore, RTK Family Capital LLC / Richmond
John M. Paris, Jr., Williams Mullen / Virginia Beach
Rita M. Patel, DLA Piper / Washington, DC
Cathryn Le Regulski, DLA Piper LLC / Reston
Thomas E. Spahn, McGuireWoods LLP / McLean

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

John M. Huddle, The Global Law Group, PLC / Richmond
Steven J. Keeler, McGuireWoods LLP / Charlottesville
Karl T. Knoll, Clarabridge, Inc. / Washington, DC