BioPartner Lunch & Learn: Expanding to America

Every month, BioPartner hosts a Lunch & Learn session: We provide lunch and an expert speaker, and you’ll learn about a topic of interest!

Coming to America: Legal and Fundraising Considerations When Coming to the USA

For many high-growth European-based life science enterprises, the United States is an attractive country for expansion and/or later-stage fundraising. The U.S. offers the promise of massive commercial opportunities, lucrative industrial partnerships and plentiful venture and growth capital. However, doing business and raising money in an unfamiliar, highly competitive environment requires thoughtful advance planning and clinical execution.

In this exclusive workshop led by legal and business experts from Wilson Sonsini, a leading Silicon Valley based law and business advisory firm, we will discuss best practices for navigating the legal and business aspects of launching and operating a business in America and setting and meeting expectations for U.S. later-stage funding. There will be able time for Q&A following an initial presentation by the Wilson Sonsini team.

We will cover a few frequently asked questions, such as:

• When should I consider establishing U.S. operations?
• When should I look to raise money from U.S. VCs?
• Do I need a U.S. company to raise money from U.S. VCs?
• When do I need to create a U.S. company?
• What is a flip? How difficult is it to organize?
• Where is the best place to set up in the States?
• How long does U.S. set up take and how much does it cost?
• How do I sell/pitch in the U.S. as a non-U.S. founder?
• How is hiring different in the U.S., and what’s the optimal U.S. team?
• Does everyone really sue each other all the time in the U.S.? Is there any method to limit our liability?

Confirmed speakers are:
Julia L. Minitti – Matthew J. Meyer – Bradley H. Doline

Registration: Free, please register here or through the link below!
Walk-in: 11:45
Lunch: Email to melina@biopartnerleiden.nl if you have dietary requirements
Duration: 12-13h, plus time for questions and discussion
Location: BioPartner Building 1, 21 J.H. Oortweg 2333 CH Leiden, in the Auditorium (near the entrance)