A new frontier in securities law, but how will people use it?
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) offers new avenues for investors and small companies to participate in the market. Leaders in business and law will be gathering at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law on March 15, 2013, to discuss the Act’s opportunities and risks. The Berkeley Business Law Journal and Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy are proud to present their 2013 symposium—The JOBS Act: Initiatives and Challenges of the New Legislation from 8:45a – 2:00p at Boalt Hall. Registration is required. The symposium will bring together prominent speakers from the fields of law, securities regulation, and venture capitalism to discuss two critical areas of the Act.
The first panel session will explore “The IPO ON-Ramp.” In response to the decrease in companies applying for initial public offerings, the JOBS Act incentivizes companies to make an offering and introduces a gradual five-year plan to scale up to full public status. Panelists including Robert Bartlett and Reza Dibadj from UC Berkeley, School of Law, as well as Martin Zwilling from Startup Professionals, will discuss the reason for the decline in IPOs and whether the steps taken in the JOBS Act will arrest and reverse this decline. The IPO ON-Ramp panel runs from 9:00 – 10:45a. Further readings about the IPO panel discussion are available on the BCLBE website.
The second panel will discuss the widely-publicized “Crowdfunding” public offering exception. The panelists will demystify the types of small money investments that are permitted under the crowdfunding exception. Having discussed the newly permitted activities, the panel will engage in a cost-benefit discussion of the opportunity for new investment avenues weighed against the potential for fraud inherent in this up-tempo investment frontier. Panelists from the first session will be joined by Eric Brooks from the SEC and Mary Dent from Silicon Valley Bank. The “Crowdfunding” panel will present their thoughts from 11:00a – 12:45p. More information on the Crowdfunding panel discussion is available on BCLBE’s website.
A luncheon will follow from 12:45- 2:00.
Event Details:
Boalt Hall, Warren Room 295
215 Bancroft Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720
Friday, March 15, 2013
8:45am-2:00pm
Up to three (3) hours of CLE Credit available.
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