ScaleUp Fall 2026 - Week 9: Selling Your Startup

You’re invited to Morrison Foerster’s ScaleUp Speaker Series Palo Alto, 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:

• Typical target corporate structures
• Process considerations
• Acquisition structures (including asset purchases, stock purchases, and mergers)
• Key terms of acquisition agreements

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 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 10: Initial Public Offerings will be held on Thursday.