Founder Legal Boot Camps


In Orrick’s two-day Founder Legal Boot Camp (FLBC) events we equip aspiring founders with what they need to avoid common legal pitfalls and succeed in their fundraising and scaling efforts.

We share lessons learned from working with countless start-ups and focus on, amongst others:

  • founder equity split and setting-up the company,
  • start-up financing (convertible loan and equity financing),
  • employee participation programs (virtual and equity-based),
  • tax pitfalls,
  • data privacy must haves,
  • IP must haves, and
  • employment law must haves.

These core modules are augmented by additional workshops on topics such as U.S./German holding structures/flips, university spin-offs, and legal aspects to be considered when creating AI business models.

This FLBC series is organized by Orrick together with some of Germany's most renowned technical and entrepreneurial universities' initiatives, in particular RWTH Innovation, WHU Entrepreneurship Center, TUM Venture Labs (Munich and Heilbronn), University of Stuttgart Transfer Center (TRACES) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Participation is free of charge.

Click here for a flyer including an overview of upcoming events and topics.

If you are interested to attend, please contact Sven Greulich. Please note that only those who have registered and whose participation has been confirmed can attend.

Upcoming Editions

Founder Legal Boot Camp
2025 Southwest Edition

February.21.2025 - February.22.2025 | University of Stuttgart or Remote via Zoom

This is the seventh edition of Orrick’s Founder Legal Boot Camp: Together with the University of Stuttgart Transfer Center (TRACES), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and TUM Venture Labs Heilbronn we will bring the FLBC to the southwest, again in cooperation with RWTH Innovation and WHU Entrepreneurship Center.

Founder Legal Boot Camp
2025 Munich Edition

May 2025 | TUM Campus or Remote via Zoom

In 2025, we will once again bring the FLBC to Munich, together with TUM Venture Labs and in cooperation with RWTH Innovation and WHU Entrepreneurship Center.

Founder Legal Boot Camp
2025 Rhineland Edition

Autumn 2025 | Orrick Düsseldorf or Remote via Zoom

This will be the sixth edition of Orrick’s Founder Legal Boot Camp in our Düsseldorf office – again together with RWTH Innovation, WHU Entrepreneurship Center and TUM Venture Labs.