PennStart - the legal support package for start-ups and spin-outs

Establishing your start-up or spin-out can bring its own set of legal challenges. PennStart is our legal support package designed specifically for start-ups and spin-outs across the technology and life sciences sectors, delivering value where you need it most and giving you the freedom to concentrate on what matters most to you – making your vision a reality.

Backed by our expert team, we have supported hundreds of life sciences and technology companies through every stage of their growth – you will get the benefits of our expertise  and decades of sector experience as well as great value and cost certainty.

The key challenges for start-ups and spin-outs:

• Complex landscape: getting to grips with the broad sweep of legal issues that can affect a spin-out or start-up is often challenging. Our team can help you focus on the essentials.
• Limited funds and resources: ensuring resource and finances are targeted on the right areas and that you drive real value from the people supporting you.
• Impressing investors: new and existing investors want to see their companies take value protection and legal compliance seriously.
• Speed of response: to enable you to react quickly in challenging and fast-moving markets, having responsive legal experts on hand is key.
• Unknown unknowns: every spin-out or start-up will face situations that they have not anticipated – having the backing of professionals who understand your sector is crucial to your ongoing success.
• Pace of change: today’s legal and business environment is rapidly changing and it is important that you are not caught out and can plan for what is coming next.

Why choose PennStart to tackle these challenges?

• Get access to advice at the start of your journey, from leading legal experts in the life sciences and technology sectors.
• Protect your business from the outset with a flexible package of specialist legal documents, tailored to your spin-out or start-up.
• Deliver greater cost certainty around your legal spend at a time when budgets can be tight – PennStart gives you access to legal expertise at a discounted and fixed cost as well as through flexible retainer packages.
• Stay in the know with invites to training and events and the latest legal and sector updates.

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