⚖️ Legal Structuring & IP Protection: Safeguarding Your U.S. Expansion
⚖️ Build with Confidence. Protect What Matters
Expanding into the U.S. is an exciting leap, and your success starts with a strong foundation. The right IP strategy and best practices can shape your growth, protect your innovations, and open doors to opportunity.
In this focused and founder-friendly session, Sabir Ibrahim, startup attorney and founder of Dev Legal, will guide you through the IP strategies and legal best practices every international founder should know about in the U.S. Learn how to protect your ideas and brand, manage date privacy compliance, and avoid common legal pitfalls. Whether you’re fundraising, hiring, or landing your first customers, this session will help you make smarter moves with clarity and confidence.
💡 You’ll Walk Away With:
✅ Smart strategies for working with lawyers while managing costs
✅ Key steps to protect your IP through trademarks, patents, and trade secrets
✅ Legal red flags to look out for before signing contracts
✅ A clear understanding of the various data privacy regimes in the United States
✅ Real-world stories of what can go wrong and how to avoid it
👥 This Workshop is For
Founders preparing to incorporate or expand in the U.S.
Startups with IP assets they want to protect from day one
Teams navigating investor or customer contracts in the U.S.
Anyone who wants a practical, no-jargon legal primer for growth
🎙️ Meet the Speaker: Sabir Ibrahim
Sabir Ibrahim is the Founder and Managing Attorney at Dev Legal, a U.S.-based law firm focused on helping early-stage startups and international founders expand confidently into the U.S. market. With deep experience in venture financing, IP, contracts, and corporate law, Sabir has worked with hundreds of startups across geographies to set up and protect their businesses. His mission is to make legal knowledge accessible and actionable so founders can move fast, stay protected, and grow with peace of mind.
🔥 About the Series
This session is part of Founders Go Global, a virtual workshop series by BLOCK71 Silicon Valley that equips bold founders from Asia and around the world to launch and scale in the U.S.
Each session delivers tactical insights from real operators and experts who have done it before.
🎟️ Reserve your spot and start your IP protection the right way
Got a question? Drop us a line at siliconvalley@block71.co