11:30 – 12:15 Early Growth Stage Funding
Presented by: 
This masterclass is designed to give you key success factors around the process of navigating the route to securing your first significant equity investment finance raise:
- The different sorts of investors you will encounter
- How best to engage with potential investors
- An insight into the investors’ perspective
- What terms to VCs and angel investors want in the investment documentation?
- What should founders and management be looking out for in the investment documentation?
- Q&A
Charles Waddell, Partner, Pinsent Masons
Rebecca Todd, Investment Director, Longwall Venture Partners
12:30 – 13:15 Licensing & Partnering
Presented by:
Moving up the value chain: Out-licensing and collaboration agreement tactics
- Different biotech models
- Scope of licenses and IP ownership (retaining ownership, territory and indication splits)
- Research and development (timing of transition, cost and resource considerations, coordination, profit/cost splits)
- Manufacturing (timing of transition)
- Commercialization (territory and indication splits, coordination, profit/cost splits, co-promotion, co-commercialization)
- Economics (reach-through royalties, profit/cost split vs royalties, opt-in/out, budgets and other guardrails, decision-making)
Oren Livne, Partner, Global Life Sciences Transactions,
Baker McKenzie
Hiroshi Sheraton, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Julie Yeni, Partner, Life Sciences, Baker McKenzie
Julia Schieber, Partner, Baker McKenzie
13:30 – 14:15 M&A Strategies
Presented by:
This session will discuss the key considerations and potential issues when considering preparing a company for M&A:
- Timelines
- Ways to exit
- Initial considerations
- Key steps in the process
- Vendor due diligence
- W&I insurance
Robbie McLaren, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Samantha Peacock, Associate, Latham & Watkins
Emily Cridland, Partner, Latham & Watkins
14:30 – 15:15 IPO Preparedness
Presented by:
- Introduction
- Making sure the ship is seaworthy for going public
- Preparing for the going public transaction
- Preparing for banker involvement
- Home country preparation
Simon Amies, Partner, Covington & Burling
Matthew Gehl, Partner, Covington & Burling
Brandon Thompson, Partner, Covington & Burling
15:30 – 16:15 Late-Growth Stage Funding
- Introduction
- The current late growth financing environment
- Understanding and being prepared for late-growth stage fundraisings
- Flexible financing and M&A - the current state of the growth market
- Q&A
Presented by:
Philip Broke, Partner, White & Case
Martin Forbes, Partner, White & Case
Emmie Jones, Partner, White & Case
Daniel Turgel, Partner, White & Case
