Brattle and UC Hastings to Cohost Panel Discussion on Unicorn Companies
Event: The Unicorn Initiative: A Joint Research Project by the UC Hastings Center for Business Law and The Brattle Group
Host: The Brattle Group and UC Hastings Center for Business Law
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Time: 12:00–1:30 p.m. (PT)
Location: The Cotchett Law Center at UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA or via Zoom livestream
Brattle and UC Hastings will cohost a panel discussion on unicorn companies as part of “The Unicorn Initiative,” a joint research project by the UC Hastings Center for Business Law and The Brattle Group.
There is no shortage of lists highlighting unicorn companies, privately-held startups that are valued at over $1 billion, but these tallies leave key questions unanswered for policymakers: What are the outcomes? How and when are unicorns exiting? What is the nature and frequency of unicorn litigation? Until recently, systematic analysis of these questions was premature, but now, a critical mass of companies have been unicorns long enough to identify some patterns that may help policymakers and others better understand this relatively new and evolving market.
Panelists include:
- UC Hastings Law Professor Abraham Cable
- Executive Director of the UC Hastings Center for Business Law Evan Epstein
- Brattle Associate Adrienna Huffman
- Cooley Partner Rachel Proffitt
- DCVC Partner Ali Tamaseb
- US Securities and Exchange Commission Associate Regional Director Monique Winkler
