How Startup Attorneys Create Value and Engineer Exits

Abstract

For nearly 40 years, scholars have debated whether business lawyers add value to transactions. The debate essentially started with an influential article by Professor Ronald Gilson, who characterized business lawyers as “transaction cost engineers.” These engineers optimize the costs of a transaction, he argued, by helping contracting parties efficiently break negotiation stalemates, thereby creating more valuable deals.

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Article

Publication Date

4-25-2023

Source Publication

CLS Blue Sky Blog

Disciplines

Business Organizations Law | Law

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