We are proud to welcome Charles Torres to campus and to announce the start of the Columbia Entrepreneurship Startup Law Studio sponsored by Perkins Coie. Columbia Entrepreneurship has partnered with Charles Torres, head of the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice and Partner at Perkins Coie to provide free professional startup law office hours for interested student startup teams in the Columbia community.
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“The Columbia Entrepreneurship Startup Law Studio provides
a unique window into real-world VC lawyering.
The university-wide collaboration made possible by this Columbia Entrepreneurship-Perkins Cole partnership
is an exceptional opportunity for Columbia Students.”
– Nathalie Russell ‛14CC
How it Works
Sign up now for a 20-minute session held between 2:00 PM and 5:oo PM Thursday, October 18th. Once you register we’ll contact you to arrange the precise time. In October we’ll be on the fifth floor of Riverside Church Suite #519-521. Next month we’ll be at the Columbia Startup Lab, then back on campus in December.
Mouse Type (lawyers love mouse type):
Hurry, space is limited
Currently-enrolled students only please
Once you register, we will contact you to arrange your 20-minute session
All sessions will be conducted on a pro-bono basis. The sessions will be observed by Columbia Law School Students, who seek to gain startup law experience by observing the office hours. These participating students who will gather with Charles afterwards to ask relevant questions and discuss the case confidentially.

About Charles Torres
A fixture in New York City venture for over 15 years, Charles is a trusted advisor for emerging technology companies at all stages of development, as well as the institutions and individuals who invest in them. His practice focuses on counseling companies through formation, minority and control investments, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and related portfolio dispositions. He has been a passionate contributor to the New York City tech ecosystem: he opened the first major law firm office in Brooklyn; he is the founder of the Startup Center at Brooklyn’s growing Northside Festival; he is creator of the Emerging Company Workshop, a lecture series he teaches at Columbia Business School and its downtown Columbia StartupLab; he was the creator of VCs on Skis, a venture networking event for the New York City community; and he was a founding partner of WomenInnovateMobile (a first in kind accelerator for female-founded companies).