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THE FORUM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP & LAW
AT
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law



Reverse Acqui-Hires and the New AI Exit: When Hiring the Team Starts to Look Like Buying the Company
I. Overview A traditional acquisition is usually easy to recognize: a buyer purchases the target’s stock, acquires its assets, or merges with the target.[1] Artificial intelligence ("AI") dealmaking is making that picture less tidy because buyers can obtain a startup’s people, know-how, and technology rights without purchasing the startup itself.[2] Morgan Lewis reported that AI attracted more than half of global venture capital funding in 2025.[3] At the same time, "acqui-h
Patrick Keenan
Oct 7


Demystifying the "Family Office"
“Family wealth is not self-perpetuating. Without careful planning and stewardship, a hard-earned fortune can easily be dissipated within...
Zen Rizzuto-Flancbaum
Apr 16, 2025


"A Double-Edged Sword": Regulatory Compliance for Social Enterprises
A social enterprise is any legal entity that exists to make some widespread social or environmental improvement. [1] Social enterprises...
Alysse Danyi
Nov 5, 2024
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