Founder Legal Boot Camp
2025 Rhine/Ruhr Edition

This will be the sixth edition of Orrick’s Founder Legal Boot Camp in our Düsseldorf office, – again together with RWTH Innovation, WHU Entrepreneurship Center and TUM Venture Labs as well as with BRYCK Startup Alliance.

We share lessons learned from working with countless start-ups with the focus on:

• Founder Team Composition and Founder Equity Split (online-only pre-event, 9 September 6:00pm-7:00pm)
• Getting Incorporated (online-only pre-event, 10 September 6:00pm-7:00pm)
• Start-up Financing – Overview, Convertible Loan Financings, Equity Financings and Term Sheet Deep Dives
• IP Must-haves
• Expensive Tax Pitfalls in the Early Stages
• AI Business Models – Getting the Legal Stuff Right
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Must-haves
• Employment Law Must-haves
• U.S. German Holding Structures and the Delaware Flip and Brief Overview Over U.S. Market Entry Projects
• University IP Spin-outs
• Employee Stock Option Plans (Virtual Programs, Hurdle Shares and Sec. 19a EStG Shares)

Please see our Event Booklet for the agenda, descriptions of the individual topics, a selection of feedback from previous FLBCs and much more.

If you are interested to attend, please contact Sven Greulich. Please note that only those who have registered and whose participation has been confirmed can attend.

For all upcoming editions of the Founder Legal Boot Camp, click here.