Startup Legal Workshop – DAWERR Incubation Program

Berytech is a leading organization in the Entrepreneurial Eco-system in Lebanon, that aims to provide a conducive environment for the creation and development of startups, through incubation, business support, counseling, funding, networking, and the company hosting, hence taking part in the economic revival of the country, participating in wealth and job creation, and retaining graduates and high-level skills in Lebanon.

This Incubation Program is a program  designed and managed by  BERYTECH under the DAWERR Activity, a 5-year Activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the goal to establish sustainable and replicable integrated solid waste diversion and valorization solutions in rural areas of Lebanon. 

Under DAWERR program, BERYTECH will provide business and technical assistance and other needs to support the incubated startup teams in validating their business idea and developing a MVP. Each startup team will receive customized and tailored support to advance their startup. 

Phase I is a two-month validation program. The program focuses on validating ideas with stakeholders and industry experts, help the startups clearly define a GTM plan, define their MVP and an action plan to start execution.

The DAWERR Incubation Program seeks a Lawyer to help the startups understand key legal matters  related to company registration in Lebanon, employment, and how to protect idea, products, domains.

The incubation Program seeks a lawyer to deliver the following requirements:
A workshop to cover:

• Legal structure options and related issues

• Contracts: Co-founder agreement, MoUs, Consultancy Contracts, Recruitment Contracts, NDA, Software Development Contracts, Hardware Development Contracts
• IP consideration (patents, trademarks, copyrights)

• Legal clinics to provide 3 startups with Legal advice on various topics (Upon request) – Kindly provide the price for a package of 3 hours along with the price of additional hourly rates should there be a need.

Workshop Details

• Workshop length is of 3 hours divided into one or 2 sessions to be delivered online
• Sessions are expected to be customized to the profile of the entrepreneurs and idea-stage startups

Key Deliverables:

• PowerPoint Presentation for the workshop
• Contract templates to support the entrepreneurs as listed in the scope
• 3 feedback documents (one per team) for Berytech’s Management on the startups’ post-clinic

Experience working with early-stage startups