Speaking Engagement
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06 Nov 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
You’re invited to Morrison Foerster’s ScaleUp Speaker Series, a complimentary series that will provide insight into the legal side of founding a startup. This weekly seminar will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, with insights on how to avoid common mistakes that can have serious consequences down the road.
We are hosting this cycle of the ScaleUp Speaker Series as virtual-only events, and sessions will be held on Fridays.*
Topics covered in this one-hour session include:
- Founder restricted stock and stock options
- Vesting and repurchase rights (including 83(b) elections and early exercise)
- Stock incentive plans
- Incentive stock options (ISOs) and nonqualified stock options (NSOs)
- Administration of stock option plans and valuation
For an overview of the topic, kindly view this brief video.
To register for upcoming events in this series, see our full schedule below:
To attend a session, please register by clicking its title (in orange text) below. You must register for each session individually.
Week 8: Follow-On Venture Financing Complexities – November 13, 2026
Learn how startups and investors manage down rounds, recapitalizations, pay-to-play financings, and other complexities that arise only in the second and subsequent rounds of financing.
Learn how fintech companies can navigate the evolving state and federal regulatory landscape, from licensing, supervision, and enforcement to emerging issues involving AI, bank-fintech partnerships, and digital assets.
Week 9: Selling Your Startup – November 20, 2026
Learn the differences among acquisition structures, master fundamental mergers and acquisitions (M&A) terms, and receive an overview of definitive M&A agreements and processes.
Week 10: Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) – December 3, 2026*
Learn about the steps necessary when considering an IPO, including the process and timing, and life as a U.S. public company.
Week 11: Open Forum Recap – December 4, 2026
Join our interactive, open forum where you can ask our experienced startup attorneys questions on topics raised during earlier sessions or startup legal questions generally.
For more information on our ScaleUp programming offered in Austin, Boston, New York, and Palo Alto, please visit us at MoFo ScaleUp.
*Week 8A: Fintech Under Pressure and Week 10: Initial Public Offerings will be held on Thursdays.
