How do you build a tech business that is investment-ready, legally robust, and protected against risk?
In this expert-led webinar, specialists from Myerson’s Tech Sector team provide a practical and comprehensive guide to structuring, scaling, and safeguarding your technology business.
Drawing on real-world experience and recent case law, this session is designed for founders, directors, and senior decision-makers navigating growth, investment, and operational risk.
Structuring and Protecting Your Tech Business
What You Will Learn
- Building the Right Corporate Structure: Understand how to structure your business to attract investment, manage risk, and support long-term growth. The session explores why a UK private limited company is often preferred, when group structures may be appropriate, and how to prepare for equity investment.
- Equity, Investment and Governance: Gain clarity on issuing shares, managing dilution, and implementing shareholder agreements that protect both founders and investors. Learn how governance frameworks can enhance investor confidence and streamline due diligence processes.
- Protecting Intellectual Property and Commercial Assets: Discover how to identify, manage, and protect your most valuable assets, including software, branding, data, and confidential information. The webinar covers practical steps such as IP audits, ownership verification, and contractual protections.
- Managing Legal Risk in Contracts and Relationships: Explore how to structure agreements with employees, consultants, customers, and suppliers to ensure clarity of ownership, confidentiality, and liability. Avoid common pitfalls that can undermine value and lead to disputes.
- Handling Disputes and Learning from Case Law: Understand the most common areas of dispute in tech businesses, including IP ownership, misuse of confidential information, and data issues. The session also examines key legal decisions and the importance of evidence, governance, and contractual clarity.
- AI in the Workplace: Legal and Regulatory Considerations Examine how artificial intelligence is being used across UK tech businesses and the associated legal risks. Topics include data protection under UK GDPR, intellectual property in AI outputs, discrimination risks, and the need for governance frameworks.
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Jonathan Garner
Associate
Jonathan is an Associate in the Corporate team and has built an extensive background in corporate law, advising on a wide spectrum of transactions including sales, acquisitions, management buy-outs, investments, private equity transactions, reorganisations, and general corporate governance matters. His experience spans both domestic and cross-border work, giving him a broad understanding of the commercial, strategic and operational considerations that shape complex deals.
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