HOSTED BY A MEMBER!!! Bianca Gracias is a legal powerhouse. Startups and small business champion in the United Arab Emirates for over 15 years. Her common sense legal wisdom on various subjects related to finance, corporate, contracts was an eye opener. Her friendly nature, casual outlook and approachability makes her stand out not just as a legal luminary but also an exceptionally charismatic ally you can trust. Bianca draws on her wealth of experience to guide entrepreneurs through the complex web of UAE business laws with a lot of finesse, nuance and simplicity. Based in Dubai since 2004, Bianca currently leads her own legal consultancy, Crimson Legal which is nestled within the bustling ADGM district. At Dubai Founders Collective, we believe in empowering early stage bootstrapped technology founders unlock explosive growth with epic mentors. We are fortunate to have her consent to be a speaker at our event and share her vast, practical and insightful experience consolidated over the years at Alghurair Invest, Hadef & Partners and Emaar with upcoming entrepreneurs While she can talk on all things legal like company structuring, shareholder agreements, investment deals, risk mitigation strategies, business compliance in UAE. We have requested her to speak specifically on how startup teams must avoid self injury that stifle all avenues for growth. Drawing from her rich insights as a mentor at various initiatives like TiE Dubai, Founder Institute GCC and even her own experience as a Cofounder at Obsequ.io Technologies she will share her human, legal and practical insights to preempt founder conflicts and avoid growth busters. Looking forward to have our community benefit from this exceptionally articulate thought leader speak on anticipating and resolving cofounder conflicts. So Excited to meet you all at yet another insightful learning evening from Dubai Founders Collective