Founder Legal Boot Camp
2026 Rhine/Ruhr Edition
Firm Event | September.11.2026 – September 12.2026
Friday 9:15am to 6:30pm, Saturday 9:30am to 3:00pm (German Time)
Orrick Düsseldorf or Remote via Zoom
New: We’re excited to announce the expansion of Orrick’s acclaimed Greenhouse program as a new, integral component of our FLBCs. This will bring behind-closed-doors coaching tailored to the German market to a select group of fundraising deeptech teams, including the rare opportunity to trial-pitch in front of real U.S. venture capital investors. Participation is free of charge and exclusive to FLBC attendees who are at the right stage for this level of coaching. We’ll reach out directly to the FLBC participants of the next events with details on how to apply. Learn more
This was the twelfth edition of Orrick’s Founder Legal Boot Camp, again in cooperation with WHU, RWTH Innovation, TUM Venture Labs, BRYCK Startup Alliance and a number of other institutions (see here for a full list).
We shared lessons learned from working with countless start-ups and focus on, amongst others:
- Founder Team Composition and Founder Equity Split*
- Incorporating Your Start-up*
- Start-up Financing – Overview and Convertible Loan Financings
- Start-up Financing – Equity Financings and Term Sheet Deep Dive
- Expensive Tax Pitfalls in the Early Stages
- IP Must-haves
- Data Privacy and Cyber Must-haves
- Case Studies for AI Business Models
- Employment Law Must-haves
- Expensive Tax Pitfalls in the Early Stages
- U.S. German Holding Structures, 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)
*These two sessions were covered in online-only pre-events on the evening of Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 September.
Click here to view the Event Booklet including the final agenda, description of the topics, participant feedback from previous FLBCs and speaker short bios.
For some impressions from the event, see our LinkedIn recap post here.
For all upcoming editions of the Founder Legal Boot Camp, click here.
