Venture Capital Summer Deal Camp
Thursday, June 22
IMD Lausanne Campus | 8:30-6:30PM
Summer Deal Camp was a one day version of 500 Startups and UC Berkeley’s popular venture capital executive education program. The program was focused on the mechanics of deal making for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and lawyers, who want to improve their ability to define, negotiate, and execute early-stage investments.
Co-sponsored by UC Berkeley, IMD Business School, 500 Startups, Startup@BerkeleyLaw, and The Berkeley-Hass Institute for Business Innovation.
Berkeley Corporate Counsel Network
Fireside Chat & Breakfast Mixer
Wednesday, May 24
Simpson Thacher, Palo Alto | 9:30-12PM
Berkeley Law Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon and co-author Frank Partnoy joined Allison Bennington of ValueAct Capital and Berkeley Law Professor Robert Bartlett to discuss their featured Atlantic article, “Frank and Steven’s Excellent Corporate-Raiding Adventure.”
Fifth Annual M&A Roundtable
Thursday-Friday, May 18-19
Kirkland & Ellis New York Office | 2-5PM & 9-12PM
Participants spent two days with renowned thought leaders from industry, law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, academia and government as they addressed current and leading M&A issues. Participants were able to engage in bold discussions — analyzing, brainstorming and evaluating the latest M&A trends in this interactive event.
Presented by Berkeley Center for Law and Business and Kirkland & Ellis.
Special Event
Vision 2020 Think Tank: Advancement Through Empowerment | Women and Disabilities
Thursday, April 27
Morrison & Foerster Offices | 5:30-7:30PM
RSVP to Dr. Sara L. Terheggen no later than April 15.
Please join us as a participant in the next Vision 2020 Think Tank for an engaging discussion on women and disabilities from the viewpoints of government, private sector, politics and the community. This amazing panel will share insights, perspectives and personal experiences on the potential power of women with disabilities.
The panel will include Janni Lehrer-Stein, a Disability Rights Advocate who was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve two terms as a member of the National Council on Disability; Kathy Martinez, who is the senior vice president and head of disability and accessibility strategy at Wells Fargo; Ann O’Leary, a partner in the Palo Alto office of Boies Schiller Flexner and a leader in the Bay Area nonprofit community; Alice Wong, a sociologist, research consultant, and disability activist who is the Founder and Project Coordinator for the Disability Visibility Project; and Sara L. Terheggen, a corporate partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP who was recently named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of its “Top 40 Under 40,” and is a California delegate for the Vision 2020 Project.
Special Lunch Talk
The Role of the Silicon Valley Lawyer Under the New Administration
A panel featuring Ira Lam, the General Counsel of Kabam; Kevin Smith, the founder of Vault ; and Sergio Garcia, the General Counsel of Zeltiq.
Wednesay, April 19
Boalt Hall 132 | 12:45-1:45PM
After the panel discussion, there was a reception at the Free House from 2-3PM.
This event was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Business Law Journal.
Lunch will be provided by Gregoire’s.
Special Lunch Talk
Smart Course Planning: What to Take in Business Law and Why
Monday, April 10
Boalt Hall 170 | 12:45-1:45PM
Did you know that Berkeley Law now offers over twenty unique business law courses each semester? Participants joined us for an information session on the Fall 2017 business law curriculum and business law certificate requirements.
This event was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Business Law Journal.
Insight From General Counsel at Y Combinator and Memebox
This event featured a conversation with Jason Kwon (’09), Y Combinator Continuity’s General Counsel, and Jeff Kang, General Counsel at Memebox.
Thursday, April 6
Boalt Hall 130 | 12:45-1:45PM
Jason Kwon (’09) is Y Combinator Continuity’s General Counsel. Y Combinator Continuity is Y Combinator’s growth fund that’s dedicated to supporting founders as they scale their companies. YC is a start-up accelerator that’s funded and worked with several successful companies like Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe and Memebox. Before joining YC, Jason was the Assistant General Counsel at Khosla Ventures and an attorney at Goodwin, where he advised start-ups, venture investors and founders in venture financings, M&A deals, strategic transactions, secondary sales, debt financings, governance matters and compensation issues.
Jeff Kang is General Counsel at Memebox. Memebox is one of the fastest growing beauty brands in the world and the first Korean company to graduate from Y Combinator. It has exploded onto the scene with its unique web-based business model, closing $65.95 million in series C funding in 2016. Before joining Memebox, Jeff was an attorney at Latham & Watkins in the finance and corporate departments, where he represented venture capital investors, major investment banks, and early stage and later stage technology companies.
This event was co-sponsored by the Korea Law Center.
BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series
Aerial Cities and Flying Taxis | Robert Keefe of AirBus
This event featured a conversation with Robert Keefe, associate general counsel of Airbus
Thursday, April 6
Boalt Hall 105 | 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Airbus is undertaking three projects to change the way people move in cities. By adding the third dimension, personal aerial vehicles can dramatically decrease congestion, traffic casualties, environmental degradation, and affordable housing crises. But getting these vehicles to fly is an incredibly complex–and intellectually stimulating–challenge. Airbus Silicon Valley, home to the single seater flying taxi project called Vahana, is tackling this challenge head-on, particularly in the realms of FAA Certification, Export Controls, Air Traffic Management, Local Concerns, and Product Liability. Associate General Counsel Robert Keele will discuss how lawyers are helping to make things fly that have never flown before–and (potentially) radically changing the way people live in the process.
This event was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ).
Law Firm Hot Topic
Learn how national security concerns impact corporate deals!
Mario Mancuso is the former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Security and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism. He is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis where he leads the Firm’s International Trade and National Security practice. A former member of the President’s national security team, Mario works with clients on international business transactions and internal investigations around the world, particularly on matters that could implicate the U.S. government’s national security, foreign policy, or other interests.
This event was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Business Law Journal and Kirkland & Ellis.