Full Description
This comprehensive Practical Guide provides direction on the wide array of legal questions and challenges that start-ups face. Start-up Law features analysis from five jurisdictions that represent a variety of legal traditions across different continents. Expert contributors address key legal issues for technology-based start-ups and entrepreneurs, as well as providing insights into the law and practice of the countries examined. Key features include:
a focus on the complete life cycle of a start-up, from innovative idea through growth of the business to success or failure
specific, in-depth analysis of law relating to start-up businesses in Denmark, Canada, Israel, Switzerland and the United States
guidance aimed at helping start-ups and entrepreneurs navigate the diverse legal and regulatory hurdles they may encounter, including practical insights from expert contributors with first hand industry experience.
Start-up Law will prove crucial reading for lawyers advising technology start-ups, as well as entrepreneurs themselves in this sector. It will also be useful for scholars and students in business and commercial law, as well as policy-makers interested in providing a supportive regulatory environment for innovation and start-ups.
Contents
Contents:
Part I - Introduction and Importance of Start-ups
1. Introduction
Alexandra Andhov
2. Importance of Start-ups for our Legal Systems
Alexandra Andhov
Part II - Jurisdictions
3. Canada
Oleg Stratiev
4. Denmark
Alexandra Andhov, Jakob Wested and Rasmus Kristian Feldthusen
5. Israel
Ehud Kamar, Ayal Shenhav and Shay Yanovsky
6. Switzerland
Michèle Ineczka Kappeler and Luigi Bruno
7. The United States
Drew Amerson and Alice Armitage
Index
