Special Guest Speaker
Joseph W. Bartlett
(Of Counsel to Fish & Richardson P.C.)
Founder,
Chairman, VC Experts.com, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, The Encyclopedia of Venture Capital
A former General
Counsel and Undersecretary of the United States
Department of Commerce and one of the
country's leading
authorities and foremost writers on venture capital
CONFERENCE TOPIC
“What New Issues May be
Facing Venture Capitalists in 2007
and How the Regulatory Outlook Could Affect Decisions”
Biographical
Profile
Mr. Bartlett
is Of Counsel in the New York City
office of Fish & Richardson P.C. Mr. Bartlett’s focus is on
alternative investments, including venture capital, particularly for
high-technology companies. He has been profiled in trade publications as one of
the leading practitioners in venture capital nationwide. His practice focuses
on emerging companies, initial public offerings, corporate restructurings,
private equity finance and buyouts. For the past 43 years Mr. Bartlett has
practiced in the corporate securities/finance sector. His representations
ranging from multi-billion dollar reorganizations (Tandem Computer into Compaq;
DBL Liquidating Trust, disposing of Drexel assets) to the organization of
start-ups and assisting in the seed rounds. His published materials and
teaching assignments focus on the journey from the ‘embryo to the
IPO.’ Among his academic credentials, Mr. Bartlett is a Courtesy
Professor at Cornell
University and The
Johnson School of Business. He is a graduate of Harvard College
and was a former President of Stanford Law Review and Adjunct Professor,
New York University School of Law. Mr. Bartlett is admitted to practice in New York, Massachusetts
and Washington, D.C.
Select
Books
Compensation Structures for Venture Backed
Companies - How to Structure Compensation, Stock Options, Retirement,
Debt & Bonus Plans for Management and Employees, Joseph
Bartlett and Ross P. Barrett, Aspatore (2004),
Advanced Private Equity Term Sheets and
Series A Documents (American Lawyer Media, Law Journal Press,
November 2003), edited by Joseph W. Bartlett, Ross Barrett and Michael Butler
Raising Capital for Dummies (Hungry
Minds, 2002) - Fundamentals of Venture Capital (Madison, December 1999)
Contact
Information • Phone: 212 641 2285 • Email: bartlett@fr.com
