Who Mark White, founder partner of White Summers.

What Legal Challenges Global Startups Face when Setting up a Business in the US.

When June 5th- 5:30-7:45 pm

Where L’Atelier 2325 3rd St Suite 231, San Francisco

How Free for members and friends, and members of partner organizations.

Why Mark White, founder and partner at international law firm White Summers, and with such notables company clients as Tesla Motors, Hotmail, Prezi, Google, Microsoft, Silicon Ventures… will provide a brief 30-minute overview of key business and legal issues that global companies have to consider when establishing operations in the US. He will cover issues to consider before committing to the US market, differences in the US legal landscape for offshore companies, US formation alternatives and “flipping” to the US – and the current trends and key business considerations in financings, M&A and strategic partnering with Silicon Valley tech companies.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to best set up a company and plan for growth in the US.

The California-Spain Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Atelier BNP Paribas announces this joint event on “Legal Challenges Global Startups Face when Setting up a Business in the US”.

White Summers Coffee & James, LLP is a premier boutique corporate law firm that serves as both legal advisors and business strategists to entrepreneurial management teams and investors. The firm has a 15-year history as a cohesive group of experienced transactional attorneys, many of whom hold MBA degrees, delivering world-class, responsive cost efficient business and legal counseling to over 500 active clients in a diverse range of technology and consumer product industries. Our clients include a wide range of individual entrepreneurs, investment groups, early and later-stage high growth companies – and widely known publicly traded companies. We have a global practice and have worked with and contributed to the success of several companies that have changed the world as we know it – such as Tesla Motors (which reinvented the electric car industry), HotMail (the 1st hosted web-based email service), Nuvo-Media (manufacturer of the Rocket eBook which changed electronic publishing) and Numenta (the 1st artificial intelligence software platform based on the function of the human mind)