First-Timers Take Heed - Lawyers Can Help Land Plump Deal
- Topics:
- Venture Capital
- Source:
- Gesmer Updegrove
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Overview: While experienced entrepreneurs are familiar with the proper role of attorneys in first-time venture capital financings, first-time founders are often unsure what to expect. Some believe that certain attorneys can guarantee access to capital, or expect that hiring one law firm over another will give them dramatically greater leverage in negotiations. Knowing what to expect an experienced attorney to be able to do will help set expectations within realistic boundaries, as well as ensure that an entrepreneur can get the most out of legal counsel. Where experienced attorneys are representing both the investor as well as the entrepreneur, there should be very little negotiation between them over the documentation, since there is a very high degree of uniformity in documentation among firms, and its more likely that the first drafts will be "down the middle."
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Format: PDF | Size: 54KB | Date: Jun 2003 | Pages: 2
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