Fred provides general legal counsel to private business interests and nonprofit organizations. He has over 30 years of experience assisting for-profit and nonprofit companies with advice, strategies and services related to startup, growth, development and exit, including entity formation and governance, financing, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, asset protection and business succession planning.
Fred has extensive knowledge in real estate and economic development with a particular knack for packaging incentives and credits to make the impossible deal possible; finance with an emphasis on venture capital, angel investing and public-private partnerships; and businesses or properties impacted by environmental regulations or concerns. He is also one of Varnum’s “go to” experts for legal matters involving medical device and life science companies; the film, music and entertainment industries; business ventures of American Indian tribes; and minority business enterprises.
