Legal Office Hours powered by Orrick
About Legal Office Hours: Legal Office Hours is a monthly initiative providing students with access to professional legal guidance on common venture-related questions including intellectual property, founder relations, incorporation, and investment advice—whether you're at the idea stage or already building.
Each session provides two hours of legal consultations, divided into 15-minute slots to maximise the number of students we can help. Due to limited capacity, these office hours are limited to Cambridge students only.
More information (including useful legal resources) is available here.
About Orrick: Orrick advises nearly 5,000 venture-backed companies, including 100+ unicorns and 13 of the 25 largest public tech companies. Their recent work includes advising Anthropic on its $13B Series F at a $183B post-money valuation (plus prior rounds), and Mistral AI's €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation. They also work with the most active VCs, funds, and corporate venture arms.
About the lawyers: Ylan Steiner, Kristy Hart and Roisin Culligan bring experience across venture capital, growth equity, private equity and M&A (including cross-border deals), management buyouts, secondary transactions, and exits. They understand both the immediate questions you're facing and where your journey might lead.
WHEN: 18 November 2025
WHERE: Remote. Zoom link will be provided to registered students.
REGISTER: Slot bookings open 1-2 weeks before each session and will be announced via the E-Lab newsletter.
You must register with a cam.ac.uk email address—other domains will be rejected
You can only claim one 15-minute consultation slot per session. Please come prepared with streamlined questions to maximise your time.