Many early-stage startups can't afford to hire legal counsel to deal with all the contractual obligations that may arise in the course of their business. The situation becomes even more complicated when sophisticated investors enter the game.

1. COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING
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February 24th, 2021

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FOUNDER @L2 COUNSEL
Louis Lehot
Formerly the co-managing partner of DLA Piper’s Silicon Valley
office and co-chair of its leading venture capital and emerging
growth company team, Louis now operates an elite boutique law
firm platform designed to serve innovative entrepreneurs and their
investors with legal strategies and solutions that make sense. He
regularly acts as company-side counsel in mergers, acquisitions,
dispositions, spin-offs, strategic investments and joint ventures.
Louis leads a multi-disciplinary team of expert lawyers in sales to
strategic and financial buyers, excelling in cross-border deals
where structure and execution are key.
Bret Waters has been in Silicon Valley his whole life as an
entrepreneur, CEO, investor, and academic. Today his focus is
helping other entrepreneurs to succeed and thrive. He teaches
entrepreneurship at Stanford University, coaches startup CEO’s in
two startup accelerators, and does a little angel investing. Previously
he founded and ran three Silicon Valley software companies, raising
venture capital, building high-performing teams, creating innovative
products, and managing successful exits.
FOUNDER @4THLY
Bret Waters
Jenny Sohn
FOUNDER @EVERGREEN FINANCE
Jenny founded Evergreen Finance to advise clients (both corporate
and non-profit organization) on building a strong foundation for
finance operations, to help scale companies, and share valuable
insights. Formerly, Jenny has served as CFO for venture-backed
companies and worked in public companies (Netflix and AMAT) in
various capacities. She is well positioned to advise clients on various
topics, system implementation, international tax planning and finance
operations that are a fit for today’s fast changing world. Jenny is a
limited partner and consulting finance advisor for Operator Collective,
a venture fund Clients include B2B SaaS, automation, 5G network,
AI/MP chip companies.
Catherine Zhu
FOUNDER @CALICO LAW
Catherine is a leading attorney in the commercial transactions and
data privacy space. Her practice focuses on complex commercial
agreements, data sharing transactions, licensing/intellectual property
agreements, data privacy compliance, as well as advising in venture
capital, private equity, and strategic acquisition transactions regarding
data privacy and intellectual property matters. Clients value working
with Catherine for her ability to distill complex legal concepts into
actionable business advice.
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FOUNDER @L2 COUNSEL
Louis Lehot
FOUNDER @4THLY
Bret Waters
Jenny Sohn
FOUNDER @EVERGREEN FINANCE
Catherine Zhu
FOUNDER @CALICO LAW
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evergreenfinanceio@gmail.com
catherine@calicolawpc.com
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