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Startup Legal AMA: Get Feedback from a top Startup Lawyer
Understand the basics of startup legal and ask your tough questions
Date
Feb 02, 2026
Time
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm
Address
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If you want to understand how to set up your startup the right way, join this online and interactive Startup Legal AMA with Felix Kernbichler, former Chief Legal Officer of GoStudent and founder of Kernbichler Law. Felix has advised high growth startups on nearly EUR 700m in equity and debt financings, acquisitions and restructurings, and founded the Startup Clinic at the University of Vienna. Learn about company setup, co-founder and team agreements, investor terms, common pitfalls to avoid, and get answers to your questions live.
If you are building a startup, your legal setup can either support your growth or create painful and expensive problems later. In this interactive AMA, you will get practical, founder-friendly guidance from Felix Kernbichler, a startup lawyer who has worked on nearly EUR 700m in financings and multiple acquisitions as Chief Legal Officer at GoStudent, and who founded the Startup Clinic at the University of Vienna to help early-stage founders get access to legal advice.
Bring your questions about incorporation, cap tables, co-founder agreements, ESOPs, investor terms and more, and get real-world answers based on years of working with high-growth companies.
What You'll Learn:
- The best structure and practical steps to incorporate your business in a founder- and investor-friendly way
- Which legal agreements you need to understand as a Founder (co-founder agreements, shareholder agreements, ESOP, contractor and employment agreements)
- How to handle co-founders, employees and contractors, including equity, vesting and decision-making
- Typical red flags that scare investors and how to avoid them early
- How to think about financings, restructurings and downside scenarios from a legal point of view
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