Highly experienced startup and emerging company counsel 

Mark Ehrmann is a corporate lawyer who advises early-stage and maturing companies. A stand-out among Madison-area attorneys with an unusual depth and breadth of transactional experience, Mark works on all sides of emerging and established businesses as outside corporate counsel, deal, finance and securities counsel advising:

• Research institutions that incubate startups
• Startup and emerging companies
• Investors in startup and emerging companies

With 20-plus years of legal experience, Mark is an effective outside counsel because most of his clients have small in-house legal staffs, and he is adept at functioning as though he is in-house counsel. The consummate team player, he brings a business approach to the legal advice he provides and actively works to break down information silos when he encounters them. Mark is also an active speaker and presenter on business topics.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin

Education

• University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.S., with honors, 1982)
  • Economics

• University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1985)
  • Wisconsin International Law Journal, writer (1983-1984); note and comment editor (1984-1985)

• "Creating an early stage capital program that works for Wisconsin"
• "Fundamentals of Due Diligence"
• "Growing Entrepreneurs in the Lake Superior Region"
• "Issues Regarding Equity in Start-Up Companies"
• "Legal Considerations in Due Diligence"
• "Registering Your Company: Basics of Corporate Formation"
• "Reverse Elevator Pitch"
• "Reverse Elevator Pitches"
• "Startup 101: Understanding business acronyms, agencies and other alphabet soup"
• "Startups: Help Vets, Help the Economy"
• "Understanding the Pros and Cons of Taking Equity in University Startups"
• Automatic Renewal of Leases of Business Equipment and Contracts for Business Services After May 1, 2011
• SEC to Permit General Solicitation and Advertising in Certain Private Securities Offerings
• “D6 Considering Whether to Take Ownership in Startups"
• “Keeping It Legal: ‘Do’s’ and ‘Don’ts’ for Young Companies”
• “Reverse Elevator Pitch"
• “Scaling Your Business: How to Foster a Culture of Growth and Spur Rapid Scaling”

Seminar

• Actually, You Do Need Lawyers So Pick the Right Ones
• Business Law Training | Who's Driving This? Overview and Impact of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
• GROW: “Keeping it legal: ‘Do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ for young companies"
• How Do I Launch My Business?
• How We Funded Our Companies: Hear from Entrepreneurs on Their Funding Strategies
• Keeping it legal: 'Do's' and 'don'ts' for young companies
• Key Considerations for Investments in Startups
• Lasting Impacts of COVID Shutdowns on Tech Transfer
• Learn How to Launch, Fund and Grow Your Own Business
• LLCs Versus Corporations as Startup Structures
• State of the Ecosystem: Learn How to Tap into Resources in Your Community, State and Beyond
• The LLC or the C-Corp? What's Right For Your Startup?
• University-affiliated Startups: Goals, Perspectives, and Considerations for Easier Negotiations and Long Term Success
• What kind of deals are getting funded (and what is not) in 2022?