Legal Consultant - Agrytech B7 - ACTSMART INNOVATION HUB

Context & Background

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 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.

Through the Agrytech Accelerator Program, startups receive support to develop their Minimum Viable Product, test it with early adopters, and build their capacity to establish their business from marketing, financial, management and operational levels. The Program aims to contribute to job creation and sustainable economic development while advancing the Lebanese entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Agrytech Accelerator Program's mission is to nurture and grow proof of concepts, and prototypes that share three common characteristics:

1. An innovation with scientific or technological focus in the agri-food sector.
2. The possibility to scale beyond the local market
3. The potential to create sustainable job opportunities locally

Scope of work

The Accelerator Program seeks a lawyer to deliver the following requirements:

• One 3-hour workshop addressing the topics of Co-Founder Agreement, and Startup Legal Registration (including the process and the types of legal entities and the evaluation framework for each)
• Two one-on-one sessions for 12 startups (total of 24 sessions) to assist them on legal matters specific to their startup, such as co-founder agreement preparation and review, legal registration plan, contract review or other as needed. The duration of the session is 45 minutes. The session will be delivered between December 2024 and February 2025.

expected Deliverables

Key Deliverables:

• PowerPoint Presentation for the workshop.
• Co-founder agreement template
• Signed Co-founder agreement for each startup (total of 12 agreements)

Qualifications

• Corporate lawyer with more than 8 years of practical experience
• Experience working with early-stage startups