Venture Law Advisors

VLA Launches VentureXpress (Beta)

VLA — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:31:15 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“VLA”) announces its Beta launch of its VentureXpress service. VLA’s VentureXpress products provide emerging businesses packaged and a la carte legal services from experienced business lawyers at affordable and predictable prices. VLA’s initial VentureXpress packages include:

• Incorporation Packages (starting at $549)
• Single and Multi-Member LLC Packages ($349 and up)
• Employment and Equity Compensation Packages
• Public Relations and Marketing Professional Package
• Employee Offer Letters and Consulting Agreements
• Promissory Notes
• Nondisclosure Agreements
• And more….

Clients may also access VentureXpress employment agreements, consulting agreements, NDAs, and more through the firm’s web-based form builder powered by Brightleaf Corporation, a venture-backed technology company focused on bringing intelligent document automation to law firms and legal departments.

“We are very excited to introduce our VentureXpress line of legal services,” says VLA partner Bryan McKae. “The ability to offer emerging companies institutional quality and semi-custom legal documents at price points that make sense is a game-changer. And through Brightleaf’s Leaflet (TM) applications, our clients can better leverage their legal documents and more efficiently utilize our firm’s legal expertise.”

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Main Street Power Company, Inc. Closes New Market Tax Credit Financing for Solar

VLA — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:44:21 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“VLA”) announced one of its clients, Main Street Power Company, Inc., a national solar financier and power purchase agreement provider, and its partner MS Solar Solutions Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, have secured New Market Tax Credit solar financing for 2.9 megawatts of distributed solar generation in California. Approximately 35 solar photovoltaic systems will be installed by the end of 2011 throughout the San Diego Unified Schools, the University of California at Davis, and Contra Costa County. The projects were financed using a combination of federal New Markets Tax Credits, the federal 1603 Grant, and local utility incentives. This financing is the second NMTC solar project completed by Main Street following solar installations for Denver Public Schools, the City and County of Denver, the Colorado Department of Corrections and the County of Pueblo, Colorado completed earlier in the year. VLA also assisted Main Street in these transactions.

“We are very pleased with the success of Main Street Power’s partnership with Morgan Stanley,” said VLA partner Charles Knight. “It is particularly gratifying to see the success of these projects during challenging economic times as well as the creative use of new markets tax credits to help support job creation and public sector savings in economically distressed areas.”

Main Street’s press release announcing this financing is found here.

VLA Relocates to Lower Highlands Neighborhood

VLA — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:54:27 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“VLA”) has relocated its Denver office, setting the stage for the firm’s continued growth. VLA has moved from the Ballpark Neighborhood to the Lower Highlands neighborhood, just across the Highland Bridge from the Central Platte Valley and Downtown Denver. The firm will occupy office space overlooking the Ale House at Amato’s, Commons Park, and Union Station and will neighbor Vita, Lola, and the new restaurant, Linger.

“Since Charlie Knight founded the firm in March, 2009, our practice has grown significantly,” noted VLA partner Bryan McKae. “Our new office space will allow us to add staff and attorneys to accommodate the increasing number of startups and growth-stage companies hiring Venture Law Advisors to provide business counsel and legal support. We selected the Lo-Hi neighborhood because of its close proximity to Union Station, Downtown Denver, and the growing and relaxed atmosphere of the Highlands neighborhood. Our clients, many of whom are busy entrepreneurs from the Boulder and South Metro Denver areas, also appreciate the location’s easy access from I-25 and free parking.”

The relocation allows VLA to focus on maintaining efficient overhead and providing high-quality business and legal advisory services to emerging companies at affordable rates. The additional office space, along with VLA’s recent investment in new technologies designed to improve the firm’s efficiency, are the firm’s initial steps toward introducing new products for startups and small business owners later this summer.

VLA Elects Bryan McKae as Partner

VLA — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:56:11 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“VLA”) announced it elected Bryan McKae as partner in the firm, effective January 1, 2011.

The firm hired Bryan in March, 2010, and since then, Bryan’s practice has focused on providing general strategic and corporate advisory services to startup and emerging companies. He assists business owners with the formation and structuring of business entities, company and project financing, and the drafting of shareholder and LLC agreements. Bryan’s recent work includes drafting and advising renewable energy project developers on feedstock supply, power purchase and other off-take agreements for biomass and solar projects, and the private placement of project development capital.

“The firm is very pleased to welcome Bryan as a partner,” said VLA founding member Charles Knight. “We have tremendous confidence in Bryan’s abilities and the valuable relationships he has developed with clients. VLA is a boutique law firm that provides general corporate legal and business advisory services to our clients, and Bryan has a unique talent for working through and understanding a wide range of our clients’ needs across a broad array of industries.”

Bryan’s election as a partner underscores VLA’s growth strategy and recent success. Companies and entrepreneurs in the renewable energy, software, medical device, entertainment, construction, and healthcare industries are increasingly engaging VLA attorneys for their business and legal expertise and their practical and hands-on approach to advising clients through unique business and legal matters.

The Art of Raising Angel Capital at Green Spaces Colorado

VLA — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:55:32 +0000

Charlie Knight and Bryan McKae of Venture Law Advisors, LLC will be presenting “The Art of Raising Angel Capital” at Green Spaces in Denver on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. The presentation will focus on providing tips and techniques for attracting and closing first round investments and setting the stage for business growth. This presentation is part of Green Spaces‘ Networking Workshop Series for EcoPreneurs and will give entrepreneurs an opportunity to speak with Charlie and Bryan about topics such as choice of entity, valuations, investment structures, and approaching and pitching investors. RSVP to info@greenspacescolorado.com, and click here for more details.

VLA Advises on $7.8M in Private Placements

VLA — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:49 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC announced three of its clients completed private placements during the first half of 2010, raising a total of $7,750,000 in equity capital. The companies are involved in renewable energy development and project financing, including solar and biomass, and in medical device manufacturing.

VLA Moves to the Ballpark Neighborhood

VLA — Sat, 01 May 2010 10:00:57 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“VLA”) announced its move from Greenwood Village to an historic and eclectic building in the BallPark Neighborhood just north of Downtown Denver, Colorado. VLA will occupy a former residence at the corner of 27th and Larimer in an exciting up and coming Denver neighborhood. VLA’s offices are above the Meadowlark Bar and adjacent to Flobots.org.

VLA Hires New Associate; Celebrates One Year Anniversary

VLA — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:00:33 +0000

Venture Law Advisors, LLC announced it hired Bryan McKae as associate counsel to advise and assist VLA’s clients in ongoing business transactions. With experiences as co-founder, CFO, and general counsel of a renewable energy startup focused on the deployment of modular, combined heat and power, biomass energy systems and as an acquisitions analyst for a Colorado-based real estate investment firm focused on the acquisition of multifamily housing communities, Bryan provides a unique, deal-oriented perspective to his clients, many of whom are focused on developing businesses and financing projects in the cleantech industry.

VLA also recently celebrated its one year anniversary, growing from a single medical technology client in early 2009 to a roster of more than 15 clients engaged in various businesses including solar energy development and finance, biomass power plant development and feedstock cultivation and distribution, medical device manufacturing and distribution, software development for the medical, hospitality and human resources industries, real estate development and construction and business, financial and economic consulting services.

Venture Law Advisors, LLC – A New Colorado Business and Legal Advisory Firm

VLA — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:38 +0000

Charles K. Knight announces the formation of Venture Law Advisors, LLC (“Venture”), a new Colorado business and legal advisory firm focused on providing business counsel and legal advice to emerging companies in Colorado. Venture is formed to address the lack of cost-effective legal and business advice for small and emerging companies in Colorado. By keeping its overhead low, utilizing state-of-the-art technology, and pioneering a number of unique client-focused billing arrangements, the firm believes it can provide a very high level and well-rounded support for an emerging segment of Colorado’s economy.