The success of the Silicon Valley is a history of corporate
failures. Only some ten percent of companies make it. Some
companies end up in M&A, some "close the doors", most in various
untimely ways. As BioE2E tries to prepare and teach entrepreneurs
for various aspects of their entrepreneurial life, we want to
explore in this timely session topics that are unpleasant but key
to minimize personal damage, maximize re-use of assets in
follow-up scenarios and clarify legal and accounting terminology.
The inner workings of resolving a "failed" company:
Networking session will follow.
Presenters:
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Martin J. Collins, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, Palo Alto
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Marty represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio
companies in their general business and financial activities.
For venture capital and buyout funds, Marty provides advice on
fund formation, investment and realization. Representative
clients include JPMorgan Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners and
The Jordan Company. For portfolio companies, including
start-ups, Marty acts as a general business lawyer, including
with respect to organization, financing, investment, employment,
licensing, strategic alliance and M&A activities. Representative
clients include Cisco Systems, Inc., Optum and AmeriKing. Marty
is a member of the Corporate, Venture and Technology, Information
Technology, Emerging Companies, Telecommunications, Health Care,
Collateralized Debt Obligation and Securitization Practice
Groups.
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Nancy Pecota, former CFO & VP Finance & Administration,
Signature Bioscience
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Prior to joining Signature, Nancy was director of finance and
accounting at ACLARA BioSciences, Inc. where she was part of the
management team that led the company's IPO in March 2000. Before
ACLARA, she served as corporate controller at dpiX, Inc., a
spin-out from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, and was part
of the management team that completed the acquisition of dpiX by
a consortium of European and American companies. She has also
held various financial management positions with Westinghouse
Corporation. Nancy received her Bachelor of Science degree from
San Jose State University.
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