The Future of Emerging Companies and Venture Capital in Corporate Law

Friday, February 6th, 2026

Caplin Pavilion 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

  • 9:00 a.m.

    REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

  • 9:30 a.m.

    PANEL ONE: Current Market Terms in VC Investing

    Presented By: George Geis | Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

  • 10:45 a.m.

    Trends in the VC Climate

    Speaker: Kevin Clayton (Hogan Lovells), John Lynch (Wilson Sonsini) and Steve Kaplan (Pillsbury)

  • 11:45 a.m.

    Catered Lunch

  • 12:30 p.m.

    Keynote Speaker: Risk-based Lawyering in the EC/VC Context

    Speaker: Nitin Shah | Head of Regulatory & Privacy Legal at Shopify

    Moderated by: Kevin Kordana | Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

REGISTRATION

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