Program and Speaker Information

Join us for a discussion of important issues when incorporating a company. We will explore the decision-making process in forming the start-up, including timing, documents, and issues in determining the capital structure of the business organization. We will also provide an overview of the compensation and equity incentive structures available to founders to attract and retain new talent, including a discussion of the general mechanics of creating and issuing these awards and the legal and tax consequences in the execution of compensation and equity programs.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

 

Mark Baudler Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati		Scott McCall Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SPEAKER BIOS:

Mark Baudler, Partner - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Mark Baudler is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He has been an attorney in the firm's corporate securities practice since 1996. Mark primarily represents technology and growth companies at all stages of their development, from seed-stage start-ups to early-stage public companies to more mature public companies. He structures, manages, and negotiates merger and acquisition transactions, public equity offerings, private placement equity and debt transactions, strategic alliances, spin-outs, recapitalizations, and other corporate reorganizations.

Mark regularly advises public and private companies and their management on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate governance responsibilities, equity incentive plans and arrangements, employment matters, intellectual property issues, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions. In addition, he often counsels entrepreneurs on the formation of their companies, equity structures, and negotiations with seed and venture capital investors, as well as representing and advising venture capital firms and other institutions investing in technology companies.

Mark is currently an adjunct professor at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law, where he teaches a course titled "Venture Capital & the Start-up Technology Company."

Scott McCall, Partner - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Scott McCall is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati's employee benefits and compensation practice. He represents both private and public technology clients in connection with executive compensation and employee benefits matters. Scott's practice focuses on the design and implementation of equity compensation and bonus plans, executive employment agreements and the corresponding tax, accounting, and securities law issues. He also is actively involved with the firm's transactional practice, working with employers to manage the transition of employees and their benefits during and after a merger or acquisition, joint venture, or spin-off.

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