UM students to support entrepreneurs
UM students to support entrepreneurs
Students at the University of Miami School of Law will begin providing free legal services to entrepreneurs in January to help support South Florida’s entrepreneurship community.
Through the Larry Hoffman|Greenberg Traurig Startup Law Practicum, Miami law students will help young businesses and organizations with a wide range of legal issues, including organizing, financing, talent, intellectual property, risk, and regulation.
The Startup Law Practicum’s director, Daniel B. Ravicher, an attorney who has represented startups since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, will supervise the students. Ravicher has helped entrepreneurs with a variety of legal matters and also advised investors in startups. Ravicher has been an entrepreneur himself, forming businesses in various sectors.
“We at the University of Miami School of Law are excited about South Florida’s quick ascent to becoming a leading center of entrepreneurial activity,” said Ravicher. “We want to help the community by providing free legal services to those very early stage entrepreneurs who otherwise would not be able to get the legal assistance they need.”
Matters the students will assist clients with include selecting and forming a business entity, such as LLC or C-corp; evaluating, negotiating, and documenting financing transactions, both equity and debt; and drafting independent contractor, employee, joint venture, and other agreements.
For more information, including how to apply for services, visit www.law.miami.edu/startup.
