Company Name: Vandeventer Black LLP
Corporate Partner Representatives: Chris Floyd and Anne Bibeau
Your Title: Attorney
How long have you been a NAWBO SEVA Corporate Partner? Since Jan. 2008
Your NAWBO SEVA Committee and Board Positions: Anne will be the Corporate Partner Board Advisor starting in June.
Thank you for being an active partner and advocate for NAWBO SEVA. Can you tell our readers why you are so passionate about the organization? This is a somewhat unique organization of entrepreneurial women from a diverse array of businesses. Participating in NAWBO SEVA is a great way to meet women business owners and learn about the issues that affect them.
Based on your experience, what do you see as the most important thing a member or corporate partner can do to grow with NAWBO SEVA? Take advantage of the networking opportunities at the monthly meetings and read the monthly newsletters to keep informed.
Can you describe the key business services and solutions you provide? Vandeventer Black provides a wide variety of services for our clients, ranging from start-up to sale, merger or dissolution of all types of legal entities. We provide general and specialized business counsel, representation and advice for clients of all sizes who are involved in virtually all aspects of Virginia, North Carolina, national and foreign economies. Our clients include business trusts, non-profits, “S” and “C” corporations, general, limited, and limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies. After formation of a business entity, we work with clients as a team responding to business and legal issues arising in the ordinary course of business, for example, contracting and tax planning, as well as extraordinary events such as raising capital, mergers, reorganizations, sales and redemptions. We respond to all business needs and issues, working with clients for quick and low-cost solutions. Where appropriate, our business attorneys team with the firm’s Labor, Health Care, Tax and Benefits Planning and Bankruptcy teams, who offer specialized assistance in resolving routine or unique business problems. Many of our attorneys are experienced litigators, practicing in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies and arbitrators.
In a few sentences, what makes your services unique? Vandeventer Black is known for its responsiveness to clients as well as to our familiarity of the 'workings' of an array of different industries ranging from retail, banking, and real estate to maritime, automotive, and technology. Vandeventer Black lawyers quickly return calls and respect the importance of every client's unique legal needs.
Which city in Hampton Roads do you call home? We both live in Virginia Beach.
What do you like to do when you're not working? Chris enjoys outdoor activities and Anne spends her spare time chasing her two young sons.
The last really great book you read that you'd like to recommend to NAWBO SEVA members and partners? Chris: American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis for its insights on the founders of our country and how much good timing had to do with their success in establishing the framework for our nation. Anne: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst. Because some days are just like that.
Someone you admire and why? Chris: Eleanor Roosevelt, for her unwavering courage and perseverance in the face of adversity; Anne: Elizabeth I. All she was expected to do was get married and produce heirs, but she became the greatest ruler in her nation's history, transforming England from part of a small island into a major world power.