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Sven Riethmueller is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Robert Todd Lang ’47 Entrepreneurship Fellow at Yale Law School, serving as the inaugural Director of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic. He holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College (1991) and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School (1994). His expertise spans corporate law, intellectual property commercialization, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on technology and life sciences sectors. Prior to academia, he was a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP and Foley & Lardner LLP, advising on cross-border transactions and serving as general counsel for publicly traded companies like LION Bioscience.
His research focuses on equity compensation practices in pre-IPO companies, corporate governance, and venture capital dynamics. Recent work critiques '11th-hour option discounting' strategies and analyzes unprofitable venture capital investments. He frequently contributes to media discussions on executive pay structures and IPO processes.
- Key Awards: Robert Todd Lang ’47 Entrepreneurship Fellow
- Practice Experience: Extensive corporate law background with over 25 years in transactional work, dispute resolution, and in-house counsel roles
- Clinic Leadership: Directs Yale's Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic, providing legal support to startups while training law students in transactional practice
His academic and professional activities are deeply integrated, leveraging decades of private practice experience to inform teaching and research in corporate law and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
