Please join US for a 2-part WORKSHOP LUNCH ‘n LEARN EVENT
• 9:00 am – 9:30 am: Registration and light refreshments
• 9:30 am –11:30 pm: Workshop #1
• 11:00-11:30 am: Registration
• 11:30 – 12:30 pm: Boxed lunch and Networking- Introductions of
your business to the group for teaming opportunities, supplier
diversity stakeholders and increased visibility
• 12:30 – 2:30 Workshop #2 These workshops are highly interactive
and questions are encouraged! Location: Hosted by Deluxe
Cost:
• Option 1: Workshop #1, includes boxed lunch, $20
• Option 2: Workshop #2, includes boxed lunch, $20
• Option 3: Workshop #1 and Workshop #2, includes light refreshments
& boxed lunch, $35
WORKSHOP # 1: TEAMING, JOINT VENTURES AND MENTOR PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM TO
GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE: LEGAL, FINANCIAL & PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
If you are a WBE, WOSB, EDWOSB, DBE, Veteran Owned, SBA 8(a), HUBZone,
MBE or a small business and looking to escalate the growth of your
business, this workshop is definitely for you.
Joint ventures, teaming arrangements and the SBA All Small Business
Mentor Protégé program help to jump start and increase capacity and
capabilities to successfully compete and execute commercial and
government contracts. When considering a joint venture, a prime
subcontract teaming or mentor protégé arrangement it is crucial to
understand and address the legal requirements and potential risks
before the agreement is signed.
Our featured guest speaker & workshop instructor, Michelle Kantor,
Esq., a partner at McDonald Hopkins LLC, and chair of its national
Government Contracting Group will identify the key practical and legal
issues to address with your potential partner to protect you from bid
or size protest challenges, contract default risks, financial risk and
minimize disputes with your teaming, joint venture and mentor
protégé partners. You will also learn the difference the difference
between teaming, joint ventures and mentor protégé relationships to
guide you in your decisions to pursue opportunities with other
strategic partners. We will also discuss supplier diversity teaming
and joint venture agreements and tips to gain a competitive advantage.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Teaming, joint venture and Mentor protégé program: demystified
• Do’s and don’ts of strategic partnerships
• Hard questions to ask your prospective teaming, joint venture of
mentor protégé partners
• Legal, financial and practical issues to address when forming
teaming, joint venture and mentor protégé arrangements
• Mentor Protégé, the good, bad and ugly: Lessons Learned
• How to protect your certifications and still thrive with Mentor
Protégé and Joint Venture arrangements
• How small & large businesses can work together legally & ethically
WORKSHOP #2: SUCCESION PLANNING & BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CHANGES: BUYING,
SELLING AND TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP IN YOUR BUSINESS: LEGAL & PRACTICAL
ISSUES TO ADDRESS
If you are a WBE, WOSB, EDWOSB, DBE, Veteran Owned, MBE, HUBZone, or a
small business and looking to escalate the growth of your business,
this workshop is definitely for you. Making any corporate changes
including, Succession Planning, taking on additional investors or
partners, Exit Strategies, granting Stock Options, 3rd party Loans,
and allowing the wrong investors to acquire ownership interests can
seriously compromise WBE, DBE, WOSB, SDVOSB or SBA 8(a),
certifications.
Michelle Kantor, Esq., a partner at McDonald Hopkins LLC, will discuss
crucial issues to address before any changes are made. She will
discuss selling your business, buying other businesses, Stock and
Asset Purchases, examples of ownership changes that have compromised
certifications, large business investors, Mentor Protégé investments
and pitfalls, sale price valuations, tips to finance acquisitions and
making small business more attractive to investors and buyers. She
will also discuss buying government contracts for growth and Novation.
In addition, Michelle will discuss certification criteria to
understand when considering any corporate changes in ownership and
required agency notifications. This session will be packed with great
information and questions are encouraged.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Corporate restructuring scenarios and tips
• Succession Planning with family, employees and outside parties:
key considerations
• Key issues to consider when allowing ownership changes, equity
investors, granting stock options, succession planning actions and
other events that can compromise WBE, DBE or other small business
certifications
• Stock Purchases vs. Asset Sales: Small business and affiliation
considerations
• Continuity of WBE, WOSB, DBE and other business certifications
• Special considerations SBA 8(a) eligibility and continuity,
including buying and selling 8(a) long term contracts
• Tips in how to ready your business for sale, due diligence
• Key Tips and Considerations in Financing transactions
• Private Equity funds vs. Small Business Investment Companies
(SBIC)
• Growing your company through acquisitions or purchase of other
companies’ contracts, as well as buying and sell Federal Government
Contracts through the Novation process
FEATURED SPEAKER AND WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR: Michelle Kantor, Esq., a
partner at McDonald Hopkins LLC
_Michelle leads McDonald Hopkins' Federal Government Contracting
practice group nationwide. She has more than 30 years of experience
practicing in federal and local government contracting, procurement
law and business disputes. Michelle assists clients in Federal, State
and local government contracting and procurement, teaming, joint
venture and mentor protégé agreements,, procurement integrity and
other federal compliance issues, SBA 8(a), Tribal 8(a), HUBZone,
SDVOSB, WOSB, WBE/MBE/DBE certifications and appeals, SBA & DoD mentor
protégé submissions, federal contract Novations;
government__ __investigations and whistleblower and suspension and
debarment defense, small business succession planning, buying and
selling SBA 8(a) and other small business companies and __ __buying
and selling federal contracts through assets purchase. She is a
frequent speaker at seminars, conventions and conferences nationwide.
Michelle was also named in Crain's Business as the Most Influential
Chicago Women Attorneys in August 2017 and in 2018._
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