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MoFo attorneys Carolina Bernal-Ramirez and Max Rich will speak on the "Unlocking the IPO" panel at the Global Entrepreneurship...

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MoFo attorneys Carolina Bernal-Ramirez and Max Rich will speak on the "Unlocking the IPO" panel at the Global Entrepreneurship Conference (GEC) 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 3, 2025.This session is geared towards educating entrepreneurs and investors who aspire to take their emerging companies public on the IPO process and potential pros and cons for startups and investors. The discussion will also cover what life is like after the IPO as a public company.Topics will include:• IPO preparation• The IPO process and timing• The post-IPO landscape, from compliance with SEC regulations to insider trading rules<hr>

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Carolina Bernal-Ramirez is a corporate associate in the firm’s New York office.Carolina’s practice focuses on representing public and private companies in domestic and cross-border transactions. She advises clients on initial public offerings, high yield debt offerings, follow-on offerings, and deSPAC transactions.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Carolina was a corporate associate in the New York office of another American multinational law firm, where her practice focused primarily on capital markets transactions. Carolina earned her J.D. and LL.M degrees at Duke University School of Law, where she served as communications director for the Duke Bar Association. During that period, she was also awarded the Dean’s Award for Torts and the James S. Bidlake Memorial Award for Superior Achievement in Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing.Prior to attending Duke, Carolina worked as an associate at a Colombian law firm, where she advised clients on real estate transactions and restructuring, among other general corporate and commercial matters. She speaks fluent Spanish.

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Maxwell Rich is of counsel in the New York office of Morrison Foerster, and a member of the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group.Maxwell represents clients across a wide range of corporate matters, including general corporate, financings, transactional, regulatory securities matters, and mergers and acquisitions. His representation of operating companies and investment vehicles spans the entire corporate life-cycle, from formation to exit across multiple industries.Prior to joining the firm, Maxwell served as a Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at a venture-backed financial services unicorn. While at the company, he was responsible for company-wide legal operations, legal strategy, and compliance, serving as the chief compliance officer of a FINRA-member and a registered investment adviser, respectively, during his tenure. He acted as a regulatory liaison and advocate for the company’s various regulated entities; and managed corporate structure and supervised growth of the business, including leading acquisitions and spinouts, both foreign and domestic.Maxwell has a strong commitment to giving back to his community and industry. Max volunteers as a traveling expert for the State Department-backed Financial Services Volunteer Corps, a non-profit whose mission is to build sound banking and financial systems in developing and transition countries seeking to develop market-oriented economies. During intersessions at Georgetown University School of Law, Maxwell is an adjunct, teaching “Formation to Exit – Capital Formation for Startups. Max is also an adviser for The Association of Online Investment Platforms ("AOIP"), and organization that champions expanding investment opportunities in private companies to the general public, advocates for the responsible growth of private investment platforms, and educates the investors, legislators and regulators about the private markets in a transparent, honest manner.Maxwell earned his J.D., with honors, from Boston University School of Law, and holds a B.A., summa cum laude, from Drew University.

Unlocking the IPO

03 Jun 2025 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT