TMA International Law Seminars
TEACH ME AMERICA - INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM OF MICHAEL R. POLIN
MBA & EMBA LEARNING
STRATEGIC TRAINING and SEMINARS

COURSE #3:   INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WITH FINANCE, VENTURE CAPITAL, INVESTMENTS, & ACCOUNTING
TEACH ME AMERICA INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR COURSE COVERS:
  1. Venture capital (VC) defined
  2. Investment strategies defined
  3. Legal contract issues
  4. Financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, and growth startup companies
  5. Chinese versus American point of views
  6. Market trends
  7. Risk analysis and mitigation
  8. Milestones
  9. Business plans
  10. Operational costs
  11. The venture capital fund earns money by owning equity in the companies it invests in
  12. Novel or innovative technology or business model in high technology industries:  Biotechnology,  I.T.,  Culture & Media, Health Care, Internet, Software
  13. Investment issues
  14. Processes to consider
  15. Valuations of company
  16. Company culture
  17. Capital costs
  18. DON'T build technology in search of a market. Avoid spending valuable engineering resources on expensive technology ahead of deploying, measuring and learning from real customers.
  19. Defining profits from American and Chinese points of view
  20. Currency valuations issues for investors
  21. Repatriation issues
  22. Venture capital viewpoints on the investment
  23. Accounting methods that Americans expect which must be transparent
  24. Investment strategies for venture capital
  25. Case studies
  26. American and China laws for private companies and investments
  27. What are the legal risks with finance and venture capital deals
  28. Accounting issues to focus on at the beginning of your negotiation.
  29. Exclusivity versus non-exclusivity deals
  30. Decision making process
  31. Ethics and the law
  32. Technology transfer deals
  33. IP valuations
  34. Conflicts of interest
  35. Tax considerations
  36. Co-investments

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Presentation Style:

The Attorney Michael R. Polin TEACH ME AMERICA TRAINING program utilizes proven American teaching styles with a class focus on:

  1. Principle lecture on a specific topic.
  2. Open class discussion that will involve all students in a question and answer session.
  3. Group discussions where all students’ ideas, analysis, and opinions will be considered and discussed.
  4. Particular case analysis and studies highlighting the main issues of the lecture with an emphasis on results and reasons certain decisions were made.
  5. At the end of each day there will be a summary of all topics discussed and examples of how each topic intersects and is related to the other legal and business topics.
  6. The number of topics covered will follow the format below and can be from one day to seven days depending on the MBA and EMBA requirements.
Training Purpose:

1. To utilize the case methodology as an effective means of teaching students real life issues with
American and international laws and contracts so that management personnel will be able to take
advantage of real world opportunities and tackle real world legal and business problems.

2. The training will emphasize many important topics with a primary focus on legal issues and laws that
directly impact the company ability to have internationalization in operations, profit models,
social responsibility, mentality, and corporate culture.

3. In order for companies to grow into international successes the leaders must understand many
important legal issues multinational enterprises face every day. The companies need to understand how
to make reforms and create innovations in corporate systems with proper legal support and international
legal standards executing international leadership.

4. There are many legal issues for companies that concern internationalization of strategic
thinking of corporate operation, corporate governance, corporate culture and philosophy, competition
pattern and behaviors and if they
Personal and institutional outcomes/Take-a-ways for students and University:

After attending the Attorney Michael R. Polin TEACH ME AMERICA TRAINING program the students will have the ability to think correctly and professionally about legal issues concerning:

• Legal Planning and strategic implementation of your launch and business development
• Risk-analysis evaluation with
    o Strategies
    o Operations
    o Technology
    o Intellectual property
    o Business and legal planning
    o Understanding legal and business philosophies from American and western economic viewpoints
• Legal Business model frameworks
• Avoiding scams and illegal conduct
• Proper legal structures
• Legal Training and hiring strategies
• Laws that differ between China and the United States
• Understanding the correct legal “thinking process” for doing business with America
• Legal and contemporary leadership theories and practice
• Utilize leadership ideas and concepts in analyzing critical legal issues
• Legal perspectives on decision making in complex organization and critical thinking
• Legal considerations with social, political, and behavioral models in which business organizations operate
Daily teaching structure will be:

8:30 - 10:00
First Class
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee & Tea Break
10:20 - 12:00
Second Class
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
Third Class
15:30 - 15:50
Coffee & Tea Break
15:50- 17:00
Fourth Class
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