COURSE
Legal terms & frameworks
When getting investors on board, you would like to understand the term sheet. Get familiar with key legal terms and frameworks. Learn strategies to efficiently negotiate and successfully complete your M&A process.
Who is this course for
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Startup Founders
You are aware that understanding of Legal Terms and Framework can be a game-changer in M&A projects. You want to understand Legal Terms and ensure you are aligned with investors. You want to negotiate Legal Documents and Agreements to your advantage. You want to avoid future misunderstandings and be at least at the investor level regarding legal terms and documents. You want not only to understand but also efficiently plan your M&A process.
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Innovative SMEs
You are aware that understanding of Legal Terms and Framework can be a game-changer in M&A projects. You want to understand Legal Terms and ensure you are aligned with investors. You want to negotiate Legal Documents and Agreements to your advantage. You want to avoid future misunderstandings and be at least at the investor level regarding legal terms and documents. You want not only to understand but also efficiently plan your M&A process.
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Accelerators & Universities
You are running an entrepreneurship trainings program and need to train your startup participants on Mergers and Acquisitions / Legal Terms and Framework.
Thanks, Petra Wolkenstein, for being part of an amazing coaching team.
Cristobal Alonso
Startup Wise Guys
How to understand term-sheets in the M&A process
What you will learn
- Key legal terms when talking to investors
- About legal documents during the investor process and best practice strategies
- Main rules in Term Sheets and other transaction agreements
- What typically goes wrong and how to avoid that
- Managing an efficient M&A process
- Insight into the M&A complexity
Your trainers for this course
Wolfgang Sieh
Wolfgang Sieh, partner at ATLAS Attorneys at Law, specializes in complex commercial disputes and corporate law. He studied law at the University of Vienna and has practised with renowned international firms, including CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, most recently as a partner. Wolfgang’s international experience includes advising multinational corporations and working with the Austrian Consulate General in Toronto.
Dimitar Anadoliyski
Dimitar Anadoliyski, a partner at ATLAS Attorneys at Law, advises Austrian and international companies on transactions, corporate, and real estate matters. He studied law at the University of Vienna and the University of Warsaw. He has worked for leading international law firms in Vienna.
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