Our Emerging Companies and Entrepreneurial Services Practice serves CEO’s, entrepreneurs and rapidly growing companies in the software, consumer, business services, life sciences, and medical device sectors. We have a 30 year long tradition of, and are well respected for, representing entrepreneurs and rapidly growing private and public companies across the Upper Midwest and the United States. Our lawyers have formed hundreds of new companies in the software, information technology, consumer and healthcare arenas and have participated in hundreds of financings and corporate transactions.
Unlike the vast majority of Minnesota and other law firms, we actively assist seed and later stage growth companies by coaching management and company founders, assist in recruiting management and Board talent and assist with structuring venture capital, “angel,” broker-dealer, mezzanine and public and private financings. VLR’s mission is to help Fuel the Growth of Great Companies. Our commitment is to outstanding service, sound advice and strong execution.
In addition to assisting growth companies with financings, we advise on: business formation issues; intellectual property matters; licenses; distribution; technology transfer; M&A; securities law compliance; buy-sell agreements; employee equity incentives and benefits; consulting agreements; tax issues; and OEM and VAR agreements. We also often attend these client Board meetings at no charge, or at substantially reduced rates, to ensure that we completely, and cost-effectively, understand their business. Although we have a sophisticated corporate law practice, we are committed to remaining a focused firm that is large enough to handle sophisticated national matters, but nimble enough to be extremely responsive to your needs. We too are entrepreneurs and understand the challenges of managing growth and the need to think smart, yet move rapidly. We understand that we must be available, responsive and add value. Knowledge and experience mean nothing to you if it is not available to you when you need it. We offer flexible fee agreements based on your size and needs, including, but not limited to, reduced hourly fees, fixed and success-based fee arrangements, equity incentives and blended fee arrangements.
