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Contract Mapping: Taking the Diligence Room and Contract Transparency to the Next Level

Abstract

Traditional methods of tracking contracts miss the opportunity to provide meaningful context and insight relating to the contracts of the company to management, the board members, auditors, and investors. This paper provides an approach to mapping material contracts by functional area (R&D, BD, HR, OPS, etc. ) utilizing standardized graphics to readily convey information as to the nature, materiality, and context (both to the company and amongst counterparties) of each material contract creating a navigation tool for stakeholders that sits atop traditional methods of storing and communicating contract matters resulting in greater transparency and actionable insight and possibly increasing enterprise valuation.

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Author

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Gunnar Wieboldt
Former SVP, General Counsel, Vestaron Corporation, USA

Gunnar R. Wieboldt. Harvard JD, Duke MBA, 15+ years of in-house experience, primarily in life science companies (medical device, biotherapeutics, AgTech, and gene therapy) with a particular focus on early-stage VC back ventures and their need to scale their contracting, IP, compliance, and other legal processes and procedures for future growth and follow-on investment.

Company

Vestaron Corporation

Vestaron Corporation. Series C, AgTech venture developing commercial, environmentally safe, pesticides.

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