Michael Best & Friedrich: Venture Best introduces new online resource for high-growth entrepreneurs

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Madison, WI— Venture Best, the emerging technology focus group at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, today announces the launch of a new online legal resource, http://www.venturebest.com. Designed specifically for high-growth entrepreneurs in the Upper Midwest, venturebest.com offers critical information relative to launching and growing high impact business. The site highlights a comprehensive start-up package of services for entrepreneurs that includes initial incorporation, organization and qualification and capitalization, as well as employment and intellectual property services for a fixed fee. In addition, the site will increasingly include emerging trends within the industry, real time social media conversations and information to assist high-growth companies.

“Offering 50 years of combined consultative experience, the Venture Best team is well positioned to advise entrepreneurs on the formation of new companies, capital structures, financing transactions and intellectual property matters,” explained Gregory Lynch, Co-Founder of Michael Best’s Venture Best practice and Managing Partner of the firm’s Madison office. “This experience has allowed us to develop efficiencies that we can pass on to our clients, such as minimizing time and costs.”

Many of the Venture Best attorneys are also entrepreneurs and/or angel investors themselves. As a result, the team offers a unique understanding of the legal needs of high-growth companies. Thriving in the fast-pace entrepreneurial world, they combine superior legal skills with the flexibility, speed and sound business judgment to provide entrepreneurs with quality legal service and advice needed to start and grow their business.

About Michael Best

Founded in 1848, Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading Midwestern law firm. The firm has more than 230 attorneys in Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis in areas including: general corporate, health care, labor and employment, land and resources (environmental and real estate), litigation, intellectual property, tax, and wealth planning services. Most recently Michael Best was ranked number one in Wisconsin in the areas of Intellectual Property and Labor and Employment Relations by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Michael Best is the exclusive member firm for Wisconsin of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Lex Mundi members are present in more than 160 countries, states and provinces, covering virtually every business market worldwide. Our firm’s membership in Lex Mundi provides us with global reach and access to legal resources that enhance our ability to serve our clients’ needs around the world. Lex Mundi is the mark of excellence for legal services globally. (http://www.lexmundi.com)

The firm is also a member of the China Alliance. The China Alliance is a unique arrangement established by four leading independent law firms in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. Visit china-alliance.com for more information.