Opportunity Zones: Should Your Startup Make One Its Home?

Note: We’d like to thank Sarina Rogers, summer associate in the San Diego office, for her assistance in authoring this article. A Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) is an economically distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.1 The U.S. federal government created this tax incentive program as part of […]
Federico Goudie Discusses Latin American Startups’ Shift to Venture Debt

Foley & Lardner LLP partner Federico Goudie is quoted in the Bloomberg article, “Latin American Startups Turn to Venture Debt With Equity Deals Drying Up,” offering his perspective as venture debt funding assumes a larger role in the Latin American startup scene. “Startups need cash,” said Goudie. “The sources of funding are drying up.” He added that […]