Abstract
Legal and regulatory structures influence the shift in equities in the United States from public markets to private markets, entrepreneurial opportunities and new firm formation. There is a rise in the number of “unicorn” firms, which are privately held venture-capital backed startups that are valued at $1 billion or more. The number of unicorns in the United States and overseas has grown exponentially over the last few years. This chapter discusses the rise of the unicorns and with it the increasing importance of corporate governance and fiduciary duties. There are new vertical and horizontal conflicts among common and preferred shareholders that corporate law scholars, practitioners and judges will have to grapple with.
Publication Date
2023
Document Type
Article
Publication Information
A Research Agenda for Corporate Law (C.M. Bruner and M.T. Moore eds., forthcoming 2023, Edward Elgar)
Repository Citation
Alon-Beck, Anat, "Dual Fiduciaries: Unicorns, Corporate Law and the New Frontier" (2023). Faculty Publications. 2131.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/2131