Leadership Lunch Series | Spring 2018

Spring 2018 BCLB Leadership Lunch Series
 
The Berkeley Center for Law and Business (BCLB) has partnered with Bloomberg Law for an exciting schedule of upcoming campus lunch talks as part of our Leadership Lunch Series! Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from general counsel, industry leaders, and faculty members on cutting-edge issues in the business world.
 
Thanks to the sponsors of BCLB who have helped us build the world’s most innovative, and socially conscious, business law program! 

12:45 – 1:45 PM | Boalt Hall Room 132

 
WED, JAN 10

Acquiring a Venture Backed Company 

Kyle  Krpata & Nick Doloresco 

Weil Gotshal & Manges

WED, JAN 17

Leadership in Law

Richard C. Hsu

Major, Linsdey & Africa

MON, JAN 22

What I Wish I had Known in Law School about being a Transactional Lawyer 

David van Horne Emma Mann-Meginniss (JD ’12)

Goodwin Procter

WED, JAN 24

Perspectives on the European Financial System

Laura Segni

Banca IMI, Milan

MON, JAN 29

Hot Topics in Initial Public Offerings

Kevin Kennedy (JD ’91)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

WED, JAN 31

Behind the Scenes of Appdynamics


Jordan Coleman
& John Olson

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

MON, FEB 5

The Startup Counsel

Irene Liu (JD ’06)

Checkr Inc.

WED, FEB 7

Careers in the Public Sector

Amad Judeh (JD ’11)

U.S. Department of the Treasury

MON, FEB 12

The Hunstman Merger

Bill SorabellaShawn O’Hargan

Kirkland & Ellis

WED, FEB 14

The Corporate Judge

Vice Chancellor Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves

Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware

WED, FEB 21

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Art Law: from Italy to the US

Lamberto Schiona & Margherita Farina (LLM ’16)

Jones Day, Milan

THURS, FEB 22

6-7pm, Warren Room

You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side

Orly Lobel

University of San Diego

MON, FEB 26

So You Want To Launch a Startup?

Daniel Paramés

Cooley

WED, FEB 28

So You Want To Be a Corporate Counsel?

Sara Giardina (JD ’11) & Christopher Reilly

Lyft

MON, MAR 5

Antitrust and Asian Merger Controls

Matthew Bachrack

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

TUES, MAR 6

Law, Economics and the SEC

Matt Cain

SEC

WED, MAR 7

The Google Memo and Employee Free Speech

Anne Villanueva

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

MON, MAR 12

The Life of a Startup Lawyer: New Associate vs. Partner

Anik Guha, Janice Dow (JD ’17) & 

Sarah Chehrehsa

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

TUES, MAR 13

Innovation and the State: Finance, Regulation, and Justice

Cristie Ford

University of British Columbia

WED, MAR 14

The Fundamentals of Forming and Funding a Startup

Don Clay  & Cathy Kwon (’14)

Gunderson Dettmer

MON, MAR 19

Venture Capital vs. Private Equity Funds

Rob CarlsonLauren Guerdat

Sidley Austin

WED, MAR 21 I Am a Happy Corporate Lawyer!

Ali Assareh (BA ’07)

Morrison & Foerster

MON, APR 2

Joint Ventures: The Prenup, the Marriage and the Divorce

Alan F. Denenberg

Davis Polk & Wardwell

WED, APR 4

Social Enterprise Law | Measuring Sustainability

David Parham (SASB) & Susan Mac Cormac (Morrison & Foerster)

FRI, APR 6

Whistleblowers of the SEC and CFTC

Jane Norberg (Securities and Exchange Commission) Chris Ehrman (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)