Nexsen Pruet to Sponsor 6th Annual Innoventure Conference
March 19, 2009
GREENVILLE, SC – March 19, 2009 – When entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, educators, and business leaders gather for the 6th annual InnoVenture Conference in Greenville, they’ll have the full support of Nexsen Pruet.
The law firm is a founding sponsor of the event, which brings together global thought leaders from the corporate, technology, and higher education worlds in a day-long event scheduled for March 24 at the Carolina First Center.
InnoVenture’s goal is to provide talented and connected people with the opportunity to meet and share their thoughts about creating “what’s next.” As part of that, attendees with have access to the expertise, resources, and potential customers that can help them reinvent themselves in he current economy or launch new enterprises.
Details of Nexsen Pruet’s involvement with Innoventure:
Mark Knight – General Counsel for Innovenuture and chair of Investor Invitation Committee
Brian Price – Entrepreneurial Selection Committee
Joe Guy – Researcher Selection Committee
Sara Kanos – Researcher Selection Committee
Leon Harmon – Sustainability Forum
Mike Mann – Advanced Materials Forum
Amy Allen Hinson – Advanced Materials Forum
Nexsen Pruet’s sponsorship reflects the firm’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and their dreams. Click here for a video that illustrates that commitment.
The firm has established an Innovation Team within its Intellectual Property Group that focuses on startup companies.
It consists of attorneys whose experience focuses on four legal areas critical to new enterprises: corporate, labor and employment, intellectual property, and economic development. They provide counsel on a range of matters that include structuring the business, financing, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, employee relations and benefits, patent protection, and technology transfer.
Speakers at InnoVenture include:
Robin Karol – Product Development and Management Association
Chris Thoen & Mike Hernick – Proctor & Gamble
Larry Wiley & Scott Zemitis – GE Energy Advanced Technology Operations
Ben Dunlap – President of Wofford College
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., as well as Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues. For further information, see www.nexsenpruet.com
