About Our Speaker: Fred Dorey
Fred Dorey is a special counsel at Cooley LLP with 25 years of experience counseling over 100 emerging growth private companies at all stages of development from startup discussions and incorporation through licensing, financing, corporate partnering and major collaboration transactions. Fred is active in Cooley’s Life Sciences and Agricultural Technology groups, representing a wide range of companies in those fields and related technologies. He also has extensive experience negotiating university licenses, sponsored research and intellectual property agreements.
About Cooley LLP
Cooley LLP is an American international law firm, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices worldwide. Cooley has consistently been ranked as an elite law firm for technology and life sciences companies, as well as its deep-rooted venture capital connections & financing, and experience with marquee initial public offerings (IPOs). The firm’s practice areas include corporate, litigation, intellectual property, fund formation, public markets, employment, life sciences, clean technology, real estate, financial services, retail, regulatory and energy.
About The Series: Learn From a Leader
Learn from a Leader is an occasional speaker series hosted by AgStart, a non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs advancing innovation in agriculture, food, and health. The goal is to offer a space to connect with local individuals and learn from leaders in our AgriFoodTech domain on topics relevant to our AgStart community. Events take place in our AgStart Event Center: 1100 Main St., Suite 170, Woodland, CA 95695. An approximate event agenda is detailed above.
Learn more at www.agstart.org