Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2025

Event Date

From Wednesday 16 Apr 2025 - 05:00 PM To Wednesday 16 Apr 2025 - 06:45 PM

Venue

Level 5, Mochtar Riady Auditorium SMU Administration Building 81 Victoria Street Singapore 188065

Organiser

Singapore Management University

Practice Area

Corporate / Commercial

MEC segment

Training Level

General

Public CPD Points

1.5

Event Outline

Venture-backed startups often aim for a successful exit via going public or acquisition, but failure is far more common. The Lecture offers an original theory on startup failure, explaining how law and culture shape a system for startups that can't achieve financial returns. It highlights 3 points: Bankruptcy law doesn’t suit distressed startups, Alternative failure methods enable “failing with honor” and Evolving practices and regulatory agendas present rising challenges for startup failures.

Event Link

SMU-03G-250219

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