07/20/2023
Now accepting applications for entrepreneurs to incorporate their startups with all legal fees waived. In order to support the startup ecosystem, this free service is offered by the Startup Law Clinic at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. Please contact [email protected] or check out Startup Law Clinic (https://law.pepperdine.edu/palmer-center/startuplawclinic.htm).
By coming through the clinic, our startups will have the foundation and structure to be venture capital funding-ready. Our startup clients will be incorporated as Delaware corporations including Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws, forming the board of directors, appointing officers, issuance of founders’ stock with vesting, securities filings and other relevant documents. Clients of the clinic will only be responsible for government filing fees.
The Startup Law Clinic is going on its 7th year of representing startups primarily in the technology space. Within the last few years, we have already helped launch and incorporate almost 50 startups. Many of these startups have closed multiple rounds of early stage and venture capital financing, and a few have had exits via acquisition. Some of our clients have received funding from some of the top venture capital firms in the country and have been accepted into Silicon Valley accelerators to continue to grow their startup. The clients coming through our doors have spanned the technology sector including edtech, health technology, social community platforms, augmented reality, drone technology and countless other exciting areas.
Led by experienced startup attorney, Sam Wu, the Clinic provides free guidance and expertise to entrepreneurs preparing for a startup's formation and initial capital investment. Professor Wu has been advising startups for over 20 years and started his practice with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati in Palo Alto. In 2010, Professor Wu co-founded Innovation Capital Law Group [***link to https://icaplaw.com/attorneys/samuel-wu.html] as the lead partner of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group with offices in Irvine and Palo Alto. Professor Wu is also the author of www.techstartuplawyer.com.
