LexisNexis® Butterworths introduces Start-Up and Growth Companies in Canada, the first legal resource for legal, accounting and banking professionals who serve this market.  The book addresses the business and financing concerns that frequently impact start-up and rapid growth companies.  It provides analytical and practical treatment of the various legal issues these types of enterprises regularly encounter and offers guidance relating to the most common transactions in which they are involved.

Features and Benefits

Written by Bryce C. Tingle, co-founder of a law firm that caters exclusively to start-up and growth companies and their investors, this book addresses three key areas in creating successful start-up and growth companies.

Business and Financial Concerns

• How to founder-proof a company
• Learn how growth companies are valued
• Legal Structures that bridge valuation gaps
• Decide whether to create a company or pursue a licensing strategy
• Choose the right capital structure
• Raise capital while avoiding mistakes that can lean to litigation or regulatory action

Legal Issues

• Determine the best way to commercially exploit an idea
• Create effective employee equity incentive arrangements
• Understand common shareholder agreement terms and their most likely impact on the company’s future
• Analyze all major venture capital and mezzanine debt contractual terms
• Protect directors and officers from liability

Practical Advice

• Make venture capital and mezzanine debt structures work
• Institute effective corporate governance
• Negotiate venture capital terms
• Avoid common errors in financings
• Protect a company’s intellectual property and trade secrets