Author Archives: Joe Wallin
About Joe Wallin
Joe Wallin focuses on emerging, high growth, and startup companies. Joe frequently represents companies in angel and venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other significant business transactions. Joe also represents investors in U.S. businesses, and provides general counsel services for companies from startup to post-public.A Story
A Story I am in the middle of a Rule 506 all accredited investor offering. One of the folks who wants to invest in my company was stumped at my accredited investor questionnaire. He earns $175,000 a year. He doesn’t … Continue reading
C Corps v. S Corps
Suppose you’ve decided that you want to form your new business as a corporation (not an LLC), and you are trying to figure out if it should be an S Corp or a C Corp. How do you decide? Flip … Continue reading
Taxation of Social Purpose Corporations
Question: I received the following question from a CPA friend the other day: “I have a client that recently formed a Washington social purpose corporation. Do you have a sense of how SPCs are characterized for federal income tax purposes?” … Continue reading
Venture Capital Fund
Flowchart for Exemption Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 By Joe Wallin and Asher Bearman This article is appearing simultaneously on The Venture Alley and on Startup Law Blog. The below flowchart may be helpful to you in answering the question whether … Continue reading