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Commentary: A Prenup Primer: What Silicon Valley Couples Should Consider

The San Francisco Chronicle

A Prenup Primer: What Silicon Valley Couples Should Consider

January 25, 2018

By: Carolyne Zinko

“Silicon Valley Millennial types are very aware of premarital agreements, very cognizant of protecting their million-dollar ideas and their stock options,” said Monica Mazzei, a family law attorney at Sideman & Bancroft in San Francisco, who has seen an uptick in requests in recent years for such legal documents, as well as for cohabitation agreements. “They might have a startup that might not have any ascertainable value now, but it could be a unicorn (worth $1 billion or more). They want to protect that.”

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