Ballard Spahr attorneys are experienced in all aspects of business formation and have served as primary outside counsel or special counsel to a diverse group of clients that includes publicly traded corporations, boards of directors and board committees, privately held companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms, private equity groups, investment funds, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, state and local governments, and individuals. We hope that our capabilities can enable you to successfully graduate from the classroom to the business world. 

The inaugural BASE class clients were selected from a pool of local university applicants. The class consisted of a delivery service for organic and natural hygiene products; a venture capital and finance support company for African startups; an app-based on-demand haircut service; a company facilitating investor loans to international students; and a social commerce mobile app and website for college students.

The program culminated in "BASE Jump," an opportunity for the entrepreneurs to present their enterprise to a panel of potential investors composed of four leaders in Philadelphia's early stage investment community.