Before You Build: Legal 101 for Founders
Building a company means making legal decisions long before you have a lawyer on speed dial.
Join The SWELL for a practical lunch & learn with Caitlin Hoeberlein and Betsy O’Leary, startup attorneys at Ashurst Perkins Coie, covering the legal considerations every founder should understand as they lay the foundation for their business.
We’ll cover the fundamentals—from formation mechanics and how to protect intellectual property, to issuing equity and choosing your founding team, to common mistakes founders make.
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You’ll leave with:
- A better understanding of the common legal issues founders face
- Practical guidance on when to involve an attorney
- Considerations when defining relationships with your initial customers
- A clearer sense of what you should be thinking about at your current stage!
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Thursday, August 27 · 12:30–1:30 PM
The SWELL · Downtown Seattle
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Lunch will be provided.
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Open to SWELL members and the broader founder community. Come with your questions—we’ll make this practical, conversational, and relevant to the businesses you’re actually building.
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About Ashurst Perkins Coie
Ashurst Perkins Coie’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital lawyers are trusted advisors to the world’s most innovative companies and most visionary investors. We support startup clients from formation to exit with comprehensive legal and business counseling. Our clients have raised more than $25 billion in the private markets over the past three years between the pre-seed and growth stage. Our extensive corporate law experience, combined with sector-specific business and product counseling, ensure our services are tailored to each client's unique needs, investor expectations, and growth trajectories in cutting-edge industries like AI, aerospace and defense tech, fintech, digital health, gaming, energy innovation, digital media, and consumer packaged goods.
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Hosted with support from SURF Incubator. 🏄🏼♂️
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