Venture Law Resources LLC (“VLR”) is one of Minnesota’s and the Upper Midwest’s most entrepreneurial, aggressive and results-oriented corporate, securities law and corporate finance law firms. We serve rapidly growing public and private companies in Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and specific regions of the West and Southwestern United States. Our Founder in his 30 year legal career have served public and private companies, high profile business owners and leaders, government agencies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and inventors, venture capitalists, broker-dealers and high net worth individuals. At VLR, we offer more than mere legal advice, lots of people do that. We offer a broad perspective on the markets in which our clients compete and provide a sophisticated network of contacts within the consumer, financial, regulatory and business communities in which they operate.
To understand who we are, and why we are unique, you need to understand who we are not. VLR is a sophisticated business law boutique serving rapidly growing companies, their Boards and management teams in the areas of corporate law, securities law and regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital law.
We practice in specific industries:
- software/technology;
- life sciences;
- medical device;
- consumer brands/rollouts; and
- business services.
We do not practice in litigation, family law, immigration nor collections. These are not central to serving our clients. VLR has alliances with best of breed firms that have expertise in the areas of business litigation, lobbying and intellectual property for our clients who need counsel in those arenas. We will not grow for growth sake, spend unwisely on an ornate lobby. These don’t add value to you or your business. Many large firms in Minnesota and the US (Dougherty Rumble-oldest Minnesota law firm, Popham, Oppenheimer, Brobeck and others) have closed or shrunk in size in the past 10-15 years due to rapid or unwise growth, loss of major clients or being highly leveraged. Many of these firms had hundreds of lawyers and offices in multiple cities in their past. Brobeck in San Francisco (founded1926) had 11 offices and over 700 attorneys at the time of its demise in 2002.
VLR doesn’t intend to be everything to everyone. We feel we do a few things, and do them extremely well. If you need teams of litigators, young associates, attorneys in multiple time zones or believe that your attorney or law firm needs a pricey art collection, we are sorry, we’re not for you. If, however, you need an aggressive, smart and savvy corporate law firm with premier service and a sophisticated network of Minnesota, national and international contacts, please call us – we think you’ll be glad you did.