From Idea to Company -- How to Finance, Structure and Protect your Fledgling Life Sciences Company

June 6, 2006, Tue, 6-9 PM at Cooley Godward, LLP, Palo Alto
3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Map
Organized by Chinese Bioscience Association and Cooley Godward, LLP

Moderator: Joshua Chang, PhD Chinese Bioscience Association

Panelist: Lila Hope, JD PhD Cooley Godward, LLP

Daniel Zimmermann, LLM Cooley Godward, LLP

Learn how to set up your new life sciences company from the idea stage, to angel funding, venture financing, stock options, intellectual property protection, technology transfer, licensing terms, dealing with big pharma, employment issues, and everything in between. The seminar is free but space is limited. Please register online. Complimentary appetizers, soft drinks, beer and wine will be served.

Dr. Lila W. Hope is an associate in the Life Sciences practice group and a member of the Cooley Godward Business department. She joined the Firm in 2002 and is a resident in the Palo Alto office. Her practice focuses on the representation of technology companies, primarily in the life sciences industry.

Dr. Hope graduated with a J.D. magna cum laude in 2002, from Duke University School of Law, where she was elected to Order of the Coif. At Duke, she was awarded the "Class of 1968 Scholarship." She earned her Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1999. As a Stanford Markey Predoctoral Fellow, she characterized a novel tumor susceptibility gene, including its cell cycle-dependent localization, its effects on genome stability and receptor-mediated endocytosis, and its interaction with other gene products.

Prior to entering Stanford, she graduated with an M.S. from the Oregon Graduate Institute in 1993, and received her undergraduate education at the University of San Francisco and the University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Hope is a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association.

Daniel Zimmermann is an associate in the Cooley Godward Business department and a member of the Firm's Global Law and German practice groups. He joined the Firm in 2000 and is a resident of the Palo Alto office.

Mr. Zimmermann has a general business and corporate practice with an emphasis on international business and in- and outbound venture capital transactions. Mr. Zimmermann has extensive experience with global expansions and off-shore acquisitions by U.S. companies, and regularly advises non-U.S. investors with their investments in the U.S.

Mr. Zimmermann studied law at the Freie Universitat Berlin and at Albert-Ludwig Universitat, Freiburg, Germany. He completed his studies with the First State Examination in 1995. In the United States, Mr. Zimmermann received an LL.M. degree from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1996. He is fluent in English, German and French.

Mr. Zimmermann served as Vice President and Board Member of the German-American International School of Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area from Fall of 2000 to Spring of 2002. He was appointed a member of the Executive Committee of the International Law Section of the State Bar of California and is also a member of the International Law Sections of the American and New York Bar Associations and a member of the German American Lawyers Association. Mr. Zimmermann is admitted to practice in California and New York.

Contact: Julie Yang, CBA, 650-562-1486 juliey@cbasf.org and Linda Cleary, Cooley Godward, 650-843-5964, lcleary@cooley.com