
Fred provides general legal counsel to private business interests and non-profit organizations. He has over 25 years experience assisting for-profit and non-profit companies with advice, strategies and services related to start-up, growth, development and exit, including entity formation and governance, financing, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, asset protection and business succession planning. Fred has specialized expertise 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 Native American tribes, and minority business enterprises.