Startups and Venture Capital

Niederer Kraft Frey provides value-added legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth companies from entrepreneurial start-ups to mid and large sized businesses. In addition, we represent the venture capital and other financial institutions that fund them. We represent entrepreneurs starting new businesses, advising on the formation of companies, equity structures, negotiations with investors, intellectual property rights, and other issues vital to their success.

NKF takes an interdisciplinary approach to counseling entrepreneurs and young companies, offering deep expertise in such vital areas as

  • Corporate governance
  • Intellectual property and innovation
  • Employee benefits
  • Tax
  • Finance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

This interdisciplinary approach, along with the breadth and depth of our practice, allows us to serve as a strategic advisor through each stage of a private company’s growth.