Corporate Partnering as a Business Development Strategy for Middle Market Companies

Sponsored By Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Banking & Capital Markets > Alternative Finance , Private Equity , Mergers & Acquisitions

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Abstract:

If electing to pursue a Corporate Partnering Transaction with SmallCo, a MidCo should be sure that its deal implementation team includes lawyers with expertise not only in the substantive area to which the contemplated Commercial Rights Agreement pertains, but also expertise in venture capital investing (and vice versa). While not all is perfect about the way VC's typically structure their Investment Agreements with Early Stage Companies, hundreds of VC's have made thousands of investments in Early Stage Companies over many years - there is, indeed, a wisdom to many of the concepts embodied in their form agreements. Accordingly, having legal counsel with a strong familiarity with standard VC oriented Investment Agreement documentation is a way for a MidCo to make sure the terms of its Investment Agreements with an Early Stage Company do not wind-up making it a "patsy".

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Sponsored by: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Released: May 19, 2009

Length: 15 pages

Format: PDF (1044 kb)

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