Innovation and Venture Capital Law and Policy

This impressive work will be of special interest to those involved in corporate and venture finance. It is a clever work which focuses on those broad range of government programs which have been established over a number of years for the purposes of fostering innovation and encouraging venture capital investment in start-up and early stage companies. Of central importance to the book is the legal and regulatory nature of the government programs which exist in Australia and other comparable nations and the discussion of such matters includes consideration of the many associated areas of the law including aspects of corporate law, trusts law, partnerships, and intellectual property. There is also a detailed discussion of the existing regime of taxation incentives which are applicable to participants in financing new and innovative projects. Whilst the work considers in detail the legal aspects of financing, it also adopts a cross-disciplinary approach and takes into account a broad range of economic, finance and policy issues. There is also a consideration of various comparable schemes, such as in the US and Israel where highly effective systems which encourage venture capital investment exist, so as to contextualise the Australian framework. - Queensland Law Reporter - 23 September 2016 - [2016] 37 QLR