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We are excited to share the initial findings from our comprehensive Founder Equity Study 2025. About the Study Our research analyzed founder teams and equity distributions across almost 2,200 German start-ups established between 2019 and 2024, each having secured external funding through angel investors or (corporate) venture capital. While our dataset focuses on funded start-ups rather than the entire German start-up ecosystem, it provides valuable insights into team composition, gender distribution, and equity allocation patterns. The analysis tracks developments over multiple years and offers both aggregate and sector-specific perspectives.

Defense technology companies in Germany operate in a highly regulated environment that requires careful navigation of various legal requirements. Key regulations include national or EU legislation on handling of defense-related goods and international treaties. The legal landscape is complex: Beyond defense-specific laws, start-ups must also comply with general public law requirements, including building permits and emission protection permits. Besides regulatory requirements that need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, defense start-ups should even at an early stage consider three areas: (i) foreign investment controls when it comes to investments by foreign investors; (ii) export control; and (iii) sanctions related questions. In this three-part series, we'll examine each area in detail: Part I: Navigating Investment Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part II: Understanding Export Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part III: Sanctions Compliance: A Guide for Defense Start-ups in Germany Understanding and complying with these regulations is crucial to avoid severe penalties and ensure successful business operations.

Defense technology companies in Germany operate in a highly regulated environment that requires careful navigation of various legal requirements. Key regulations include national or EU legislation on handling of defense-related goods and international treaties. The legal landscape is complex: Beyond defense-specific laws, start-ups must also comply with general public law requirements, including building permits and emission protection permits. Besides regulatory requirements that need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, defense start-ups should even at an early stage consider three areas: (i) foreign investment controls when it comes to investments by foreign investors; (ii) export control; and (iii) sanctions related questions. In this three-part series, we'll examine each area in detail: Part I: Navigating Investment Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part II: Understanding Export Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part III: Sanctions Compliance: A Guide for Defense Start-ups in Germany Understanding and complying with these regulations is crucial to avoid severe penalties and ensure successful business operations.

Defense technology companies in Germany operate in a highly regulated environment that requires careful navigation of various legal requirements. Key regulations include national or EU legislation on handling of defense-related goods and international treaties. The legal landscape is complex: Beyond defense-specific laws, start-ups must also comply with general public law requirements, including building permits and emission protection permits. Besides regulatory requirements that need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, defense start-ups should even at an early stage consider three areas: (i) foreign investment controls when it comes to investments by foreign investors; (ii) export control; and (iii) sanctions related questions. In this three-part series, we'll examine each area in detail: Part I: Navigating Investment Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part II: Understanding Export Control Regulations for Defense Start-ups in Germany Part III: Sanctions Compliance: A Guide for Defense Start-ups in Germany Understanding and complying with these regulations is crucial to avoid severe penalties and ensure successful business operations.

An update on German VSOP rules impacts forfeiture of vested shared. In this snapshot, we explore strategies for retention-focused incentive programs.

In our most recent edition of the OLNS, we shared findings of an empirical study of Growth Share programs in German start-ups.

The Court of Appeal in Berlin has made another decision on founder vesting that brings some clarity to what is permissible.

Breaking down the essentials of convertible loan financings with a handy checklist of terms you need to negotiate combined with our best practice experiences.

Interest and investment in AI is soaring. What should founders know? What does the future hold? Listen to successful AI entrepreneur Naveen Rao talk with Orrick's Mark Seneca.

Join this conversation about the potential impact of ChatGPT and other forms of generative artificial intelligence on dispute resolution, featuring Tunde Oyewole (International Arbitration Of Counsel at Orrick), Hanna Roos (formerly of Quinn Emanuel and now head of Aavagard LLP), and Adith Haridas (tech engineer, entrepreneur and lead of AI products at the Digital Gate).

In our latest episode, Public Policy Practice Group Partner Scott Ward and Public Policy Podcast host Michelle MacGregor speak with Florida Speaker-designate Paul Renner about the Florida legislature's accomplishments last session, the outlook for the 2023 legislative session, and the upcoming November elections.

Daria Buonfiglio speaks with Francesco Cacciabue, CFO and Partner at Glennmont Partners, about why green hydrogen is so relevant in the current scenario, the key factors to ensure its mass use, and its possible future applications.

Sono tante le domande che gli operatori del settore si stanno ponendo rispetto alle ricadute della crisi di governo sul mercato delle rinnovabili e sui tanti provvedimenti di fondamentale importanza che si attendevano ed erano, finalmente, in dirittura di arrivo: definizione delle aree idonee, incentivazione dell'eolico off shore, decreto sul biometano e tanti altri. Daria Buonfiglio ne parla con Tommaso Barbetti, founding partner di Elemens, per cercare di capire cosa potrebbe attenderci nei i prossimi mesi.

Last week the European Parliament voted to keep natural gas (and nuclear power) in its taxonomy of sustainable economic activities with the aim of redirecting fundings towards these projects in the pursuit of decarbonization. How will this decision affect investments in the Italian energy sector? Does Italy need new gas plants to face the energy crisis and accelerate the energy transition? Is it true that gas distribution infrastructures can also be used to transport green hydrogen? What role can green hydrogen play in the decarbonization of our industry? Daria Buonfiglio asks these and more questions to Michele Governatori, Power & Gas Programme Lead at ECCO, the first independent Italian climate change think tank.

Tremonti Ambiente e Conti Energia: A Che Punto Siamo? In questa puntata, insieme ai nostri ospiti Umberto Bordino ed Enrico Cocchi, entrambi senior associate dello studio Torresi e Associati, abbiamo cercato di fare un po' di chiarezza in merito alla questione relativa alla cumulabilità tra i benefici fiscali derivanti dalla Tremonti Ambiente e le tariffe incentivanti previste da alcuni dei Conti Energia. Dopo un'indicazione delle norme e pronunce più rilevanti in materia che si sono avvicendate negli ultimi anni, abbiamo discusso dell'articolo 36 del DL 124 del 2019 definendone contenuto e le principali difficoltà che gli operatori hanno incontrato nell'applicazione della norma. "Tremonti Ambiente" Law and Conti Energia: where do we stand? This episode is in Italian. In this episode, together with our guests Umberto Bordino and Enrico Cocchi, both senior associates of the law firm Torresi e Associati, we tried to shed some light on the issue concerning the possibility of cumulating the tax benefits deriving from the Tremonti Ambiente and the incentive tariffs provided by some of the Conto Energia. After an indication of the most relevant regulations and rulings on the matter that have taken place in recent years, we discussed Article 36 of DL 124 of 2019, defining its content and the main difficulties that operators have encountered in applying the rule.

Please in my backyard – come coinvolgere il territorio negli iter autorizzativi degli impianti a fonti rinnovabili Il coinvolgimento delle comunità e delle amministrazioni locali nel contesto dei procedimenti autorizzativi degli impianti rinnovabili è imprescindibile per un'accelerazione dello sviluppo delle rinnovabili in Italia. In questo episodio, Daria Buonfiglio ospita Costanza Scarascia Mugnozza, che ci parla del contesto normativo e giurisprudenziale in tema di misure compensative, e Ludovica Nigiotti, Head of Development per Italia e Spagna di RWE, che ci presenta le iniziative di maggior successo portate avanti da RWE in Italia con un confronto con il contesto spagnolo. Please in my backyard - How to Involve the Territories in the Authorization Processes of Renewable Energy Plants The involvement of local communities and administrations in the context of authorization processes of renewable plants is essential for an acceleration of the development of renewables in Italy. In this episode, Daria Buonfiglio hosts Costanza Scarascia Mugnozza, who talks about the regulatory and jurisprudential context regarding compensatory measures, and Ludovica Nigiotti, Head of Development for Italy and Spain at RWE, who presents the most successful initiatives carried out by RWE in Italy with a comparison with the Spanish context.

Sono numerosi i vantaggi del fotovoltaico galleggiante in Italia, primo fra tutti il fatto che non richiede occupazione di suolo. Ma quali sono i profili di competitività di questa tecnologia anche in confronto al fotovoltaico a terra? Qual è l'interesse degli investitori e quello delle banche rispetto a questa tecnologia? Abbiamo fatto queste e altre domande a Michele Tagliapietra, Global Practice Lead per il solare galleggiante di DNV.

Insieme a Celeste Mellone ripercorriamo le principali novità introdotte dal Decreto Energia in materia di iter autorizzativi, anticipiamo alcuni degli emendamenti che porteranno a possibili modifiche al testo di legge, e concludiamo con un invito all'adozione delle misure ritenute più urgenti dagli operatori del settore sempre in materia di procedure autorizzative. Con la puntata di oggi abbiamo colto l'occasione per rivolgere un saluto affettuoso al Professor Valerio Onida da parte di tutto il nostro team.

In our latest episode, Public Policy Podcast hosts Jon Mandel and Scott Ward spoke with the Delaware Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend about the state's $800 million budget surplus, marijuana legalization, and legislative highlights such as the Healthy Delaware Families Act, which advances family/medical leave policy.

Il Governo e il Parlamento mai come ora sono al lavoro per contribuire allo sviluppo delle rinnovabili in Italia. Ospite della puntata il Senatore Gianni Girotto, Presidente della 10a Commissione Industria, Commercio, Turismo con il quale abbiamo discusso delle misure necessarie ad un'ulteriore diffusione delle rinnovabili, anche in materia di stoccaggi, e delle prospettive di sviluppo delle comunità energetiche.

The Energy Decree, as converted into law, provides that the GSE, a state owned company managing the incentive schemes for renewables in Italy, can buy the energy produced by renewable plants through the execution of long term PPAs and then sell it, at discounted prices, giving priority to a short list of selected entities which include energy-intensive companies. The aim of the provision is to support those companies which are most suffering from the energy crisis giving them access to reasonable prices not influenced by the ongoing speculations. Guests of this episode are Carlo Montella, partner and global Deputy Business Unit Leader of the Energy and Infrastructure practice at Orrick and Stefano Cavriani, founder and director at Ego Energy. Our guests will discuss which market segments will be more affected by this new piece of legislation and what criticalities they see in its implementation.

In the last decade, Italy has seen an exponential growth of W&I insurance policies in the M&A energy market. There are several issues being debated around the use of this product, one of them being whether willful misconduct and gross negligence can be insured pursuant to Italian law. We discuss this with Andrea Gentili, a partner on our Italian energy team.

This podcast, available in Italian only, discusses why energy prices are linked to the gas's price even when electricity is not produced using gas, as well as options for decoupling the energy and the gas market and how this measure will impact the profitability of investments in the renewable  energy industry.

Which are the Italian regions investors prefer to invest in and why? How much does it cost to invest in solar in Italy? Inhouse vs Outsourcing project development, which are the challenges and opportunities? These are some of the questions that we will ask our speakers including Andrea Gentili, partner of the Italian Energy team and Francesc Filiberto, Head of Solar Development at Glennmont.

Con il decreto legge 13 del 25 febbraio scorso, il governo è tornato sul quadro normativo delineato a fine gennaio con l'art. 16 del c.d. Sostegni Ter, apportando alcune novità al “meccanismo a due vie”, già oggetto di analisi nelle scorse puntate. In questo episodio Celeste Mellone, of counsel del team, ospita l'avv. Andrea Sticchi Damiani, che torna a trovarci per discutere di questo ed altri temi di rilievo in materia di rinnovabili.

In our latest episode, Public Policy Podcast hosts Michelle MacGregor and Scott Ward spoke with the Minnesota State Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller, the youngest Senate President in state history, about sports betting, Minnesota's $7.7 billion budget surplus and public safety. As it's an election year for the entire legislature and Governorship, we also discussed the upcoming midterm elections and the redistricting process.

Tra le priorità del momento del nostro esecutivo vi è la definizione di alternative all'approvvigionamento del gas dalla Russia; le energie rinnovabili sono mai come ora fondamentali per raggiungere l'obiettivo dell'indipendenza energetica del nostro paese. Insieme a Carlo Montella, Global Deputy Business Unit Leader della practice energy and infrastructure dello studio Orrick, e Tommaso Barbetti, founding partner di Elemens, discutiamo del ruolo dei PPA nel contesto attuale.  

Il Decreto Sostegni-ter, entrato in vigore il 28 gennaio, prevede una serie di misure dirette a contenere gli effetti del cd “caro bollette”. In questo episodio il nostro partener Carlo Montella, Global Deputy Business Unit Leader del dipartimento energy & infrastructure dello studio, ne parlerà insieme all'avvocato Andrea Sticchi Damiani.

Professor Westfahl is joined by Ellen Ehrenpreis, a leader in Orrick's tech companies practice, and Chairman Mitch Zuklie for a conversation around teamship and what lawyers can learn from great team cultures in the new workplace.

Orrick's Matthew Neuringer was joined by Dr. Morteza Farajian, Executive Director of the Build America Bureau, to discuss the Bureau's priorities after the historic passing of the Infrastructure Act, including expanded project eligibility for airport assets, availability of technical advisors to help analyze projects and the value for money analysis requirements.

In our latest episode, Public Policy Practice Group Leader Jeremy Kudon and Justin Cooper, Finance Sector Leader and a member of our Public Finance practice, spoke with California Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg about his new book, California's recall election, the state's ongoing housing crisis and his thoughts on his son Daniel running for his seat. For our listeners who enjoy sports wagering, we discuss mobile sports wagering hitting the ballot box in 2022 and whether California is ready for it, according to the Senator.

Distinguished Orrick litigator Norm Hile talks about his book, Keeping Each Other Alive: A Vietnam War Memoir, published on the 50th anniversary of his service. In this podcast, Mitch talks with Norm about writing a book based on letters he wrote to his parents, lessons from a career of pro bono representation of veterans, and reflections on what all of this means as we grapple today with Afghanistan and other conflicts.

In its latest episode, Public Policy Podcast hosts Michelle McGann and Jon Mandel were joined by Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn to discuss the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act, the future of rural broadband expansion, the court-overturned medical marijuana ballot initiative and the adoption of a new state flag.

In its latest episode, Public Policy Podcast hosts Michelle McGann and Jon Mandel were joined by Virginia Delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg to discuss the Commonwealth's recent legislative accomplishments impacting education and infrastructure, the upcoming gubernatorial and legislative November elections and the Copa América and UEFA European Championships.

En présence du Professeur Alain Pietrancosta et d'Alexis Marraud des Grottes, avocat. Partie 2 – Le Say on Climate une pratique qui se mondialise sous la pression des investisseurs et des parties prenantes

En présence du Professeur Alain Pietrancosta et d'Alexis Marraud des Grottes, avocat. Partie 1 – Le devoir de vigilance européen et la gouvernance durable en discussion dans les instances européennes

Orrick Gaming Innovation Regulatory Practice attorneys Ed Bedrosian and Brad Fischer were joined by DraftKings Chief Compliance Officer Jennifer Aguiar to discuss the fast-growing sports betting industry, and how businesses like DraftKings are navigating the regulatory process as the number of states authorizing sports betting continues to rise.

In our fifth Take 5 for Privacy podcast episode, Shannon Yavorsky talks with Kezia Cook-Robinson, Head of Compliance and Privacy Officer at Uber Health.

In our latest episode, hosts Michelle McGann and Jon Mandel rang in Women’s History Month with Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint.

For our 20th episode, Public Policy Podcast host Rob McKenna talked with Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine. Join us as we discuss his experience as the first elected Attorney General in the District of Columbia and, as President of the National Association of Attorneys General, his groundbreaking initiative to combat hate and hate crimes nationwide.

Part 2: the risks of nullity and liability of managers and of the company linked to the Raison d’Etre and its use as a takeover defense

Un podcast sur la raison d’être des sociétés. Appréhender et gérer les problématiques liées à la raison d’être statutaire ou extrastatutaire. Comprendre les enjeux et les risques de responsabilité pour les membres des conseils d’administration et les directions.

Plus brillantes mais moins énergivores que les technologies existantes, les étoiles de Giorgio Anania sont constituées de substrat de silicium, d’intelligence, d’innovation et de beaucoup de courage…  Bienvenue dans le monde des LED 3D imaginé par Giorgio Anania : Alédia presque 20 ans déjà.  Cette réussite vous est racontée par Olivier Edwards et Olivier Vuillod, deux avocats passionnés par l’l’univers des entrepreneurs, de leur croissance et de leur réussite qui se construit pas à pas dans la créativité, la sûreté et la justesse du conseil prodigué.

For our nineteenth episode, Public Policy Podcast hosts Scott Ward and Jon Mandel were joined by Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, Pat Grassley. Join us as we discuss how the Iowa House GOP surpassed expectations leading up to the 2020 election and expanded its majority, the Speaker’s priorities for the 2021 legislative session, and hot policy topics for the upcoming year, including tax reform, broadband and the budget.

Qu’est-ce que le private enforcement ? Olivier Jouffroy et Malik Idri discutent de cette procédure du droit de la concurrence qui permet aux victimes de pratiques anticoncurrentielles d’agir en réparation par le biais d’actions en indemnisation. Quelles sont les difficultés techniques liées à sa mise en œuvre et quelle est la maturité de l’écosystème juridique ?

Every week, our lawyers take the floor in a new episode of Décryptages, the podcast that addresses the new legal challenges facing companies in terms of governance, compliance and innovation in an ever changing economic and competitive environment.

Réponse en discussion en présence de Patrick Hubert, Frédéric Lalance et Laurent Olléon. Procédure de clémence, Convention judiciaire d’intérêt public ou encore le rescrit fiscal voire le partenariat fiscal ou relation de confiance. Le rôle des protagonistes les entreprises et l’Administration, quels sont les régimes de sanction? Quels sont les dialogues possibles?

Échange de vues entre Olivier Edwards, avocat principal et Olivier Vuillod, associé, tous deux membres de la pratique TCG au bureau de Paris.

In its latest episode, Orrick Public Policy Orrick Public Policy hosts Michelle McGann and Jon Mandel were joined by Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Jessica Post and Republican State Leadership Committee President Austin Chambers for an election recap and the redistricting agenda for 2021.

From the 1970s to the present day, a historical, philosophical and political return to the creation of shareholder value and taking into account the interests of stakeholders. The place of company law in capitalism and democracy. Different perspectives between Alain Pietrancosta and Alexis Marraud des Grottes