Founder Legal Boot Camp
2026 Southwest Edition

This is the tenth edition of Orrick’s Founder Legal Boot Camp: Together with KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Stuttgart Transfer Center (TRACES) and TUM Venture Labs (Munich and Heilbronn) we will bring the FLBC to the southwest, again in cooperation with RWTH Innovation and WHU Entrepreneurship Center. Having been guests at the University of Stuttgart last year, this year's FLBC Southwest is taking place at KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

We share lessons learned from working with countless start-ups and focus on, amongst others:

• Founder Team Composition and Founder Equity Split*
• Getting Incorporated*
• Start-up Financing Overview and Convertible Loan Financings
• Term Sheet Deep Dive – Equity Financings
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Must-Haves
• IP Must-Haves for University Spin-offs
• Case Studies for AI Business Models
• Employment Law Must-Haves
• Expensive Tax Pitfalls in the Early Stages
• U.S. German Holding Structures and the Delaware Flip
• Employee Stock Option Plans (Virtual Programs, Hurdle Shares and Sec. 19a EStG Shares)

*These two sessions will be covered in online-only pre-events on the evening of Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 March.

Click here to view the Event Booklet including the final agenda, description of the topics, participant feedback from previous FLBCs and speaker short bios.

Register here
Participation is free of charge, and you can attend either in person in Karlsruhe or online via Zoom. However, we highly recommend attending on site for a more engaging experience, direct exchange with the speakers, valuable networking with fellow founders, and full catering included.

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