IE Entrepreneurship Knowledge: Legal aspects of venture capital and private equity

"Legal aspects of venture capital and private equity”


Dear IE Alumni,

We are thrilled to invite you to a legal educational event which will take place in Geneva at Walder Wyss Ltd. offices on 25 January 2018 at Rue d'Italie 4, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland, from 18:00 till 22:00.

The event is related to financing rounds (legal aspects of venture capital and private equity) and it will cover the following topics:

General introduction
Equity vs. debt
Types of investors (angel investors, VCs, PE, crowd) and their expectations
Term sheet
Investment agreement (key aspects and “hot topics”):
Terms of the financing round
Representations and warranties
Closing mechanics
Shareholders agreement (key aspects and “hot topics”):
Composition of corporate bodies;
Voting rights including minority protection;
Protection of economic rights of investors (dilution, down rounds, exit, minimum IRR etc.);
Control over shareholder circle and transfer restrictions (right of first offer, right of first refusal, tag and drag-along rights)
Due diligence

We would like to send a BIG thank you to Hubertus Hillerström and Theo Härtsch for providing the IE Geneva Club with this great opportunity and we are looking forward to seeing many of you attending this event.

Please register via the IE club platform: https://clubs.ie.edu/ieageneva/rsvp?id=300010426
Have a nice day,

IE Alumni Geneva Club


Primary contacts for questions on the events:
From Walder Wyss: 
• Hillerström Hubertus: hubertus.hillerstroem@walderwyss.com 
• Härtsch Theodor: theodor.haertsch@walderwyss.com


From IE Geneva Club:
Servane CLAUDEL and Antoine CAFFIN

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Hubertus Hillerström

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