Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Development
The Innovation and Development Practice came together as a way to provide the kind of all-encompassing legal service entrepreneurial companies and their founders so urgently need.
How? By merging the particular talents of our individual attorneys with the extraordinary breadth of our firm’s practices. The end result is a ‘whole’ strategy that’s greater than the sum of its parts. A strategy singularly designed to maximize any emerging company’s success.
Structured to serve companies with leading-edge products, Innovation and Development helps nurture innovative organizations at every step of their evolution and development, from pre-formation through a prosperous M&A transaction.
Combining BHGR’s experienced hands-on attention with the firm’s team-oriented culture, the Innovation and Development’s managing attorney builds a legal team around each client and familiarizes each member of that legal team with your company’s unique needs. As those needs grow, you can call upon your team to support strategic business planning efforts.
While this strategy is particularly attractive to companies in the science and technology arenas, our unique approach is fitting for any company with an innovative product and inspired developmental leadership.
A BHGR Innovation and Development legal team will seamlessly walk your company through its various growth stages, including:
- Founders’ Agreement
- Formation
- Early-Stage Financing
- VC financing
- Strategic Planning with Business Mentors
- Risk Analysis to Prevent Litigation
- Talent Development
- Talent Development
- Commercialization
- Supply Chain Management
- Succession Planning
- Real Estate Deals
- Estate Planning for Company Executives
- M&A and Asset Sale/Acquisition
Practice Area Contact

Jared Z. Crain
Partner | jzc@bhgrlaw.com | 303.402.1600
Jared is a corporate attorney and trusted outside counselor to a diverse array of clients, focusing his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and general corporate and business matters for clients ranging from startups and early stage growth companies to private equity and venture capital investors and their portfolio companies. More…

Jim B. Fipp
Partner | jbf@bhgrlaw.com | 303.402.1600
Jim Fipp helps companies break down complex legal issues so that they can focus on the success of their businesses. More…