Overview
Trevor Belden counsels buyers and sellers in acquisition transactions, issuers and investors in financing transactions, and corporate clients in a variety of business development transactions.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Trevor regularly represents Fortune 500 buyers in M&A transactions, as well as private company sellers in middle-market M&A transactions.
Finance
Trevor advises high-growth clients in private placements and venture capital and private equity investments. He has formed a number of venture capital funds.
Entrepreneurial Pursuits
Trevor brings to his legal practice experience garnered from a number of entrepreneurial endeavors. He co-founded a university-based startup, started and managed a local small business, and co-founded a nonprofit organization and affiliated foundation. He is also the inventor on a patent issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Services & Industries
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Education
University of Michigan Law School
J.D. (2000)
Purdue University
B.A. with highest distinction (1996)
Insights & Events
Insights
News
Other Perspectives
- Business Contracts A-Z
National Business Institute, 2011 - Spotting Legal Issues in the Start-up Process
Purdue University, 2009 - Venture Capital Terms, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance
Indiana University, 2007 - Legal Issues for New Ventures, Innovation and Realization Lab
Purdue University, 2001-06 - Do I Have a Company?
Indiana Health Innovention, 2005 - Corporate Governance for Start-Up Companies
Purdue University Entrepreneurship Forum, 2003 - Considering the Role of Business Plans in Technology Commercialization
Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Start-Up Business Development Conference, Hollywood, California, 2002
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Indiana State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Civic Activities
- Indy Hub — Co-Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors
- IndyFringe — Board Member
- Allies for Education (Mind Trust) – Committee Member
Honors
- Chambers USA — Indiana, Corporate/M&A, 2018-23
- Chambers USA — Indiana, Corporate/M&A, "Up and Coming" Lawyer, 2013-17
- Indiana Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Securities & Corporate Finance, 2009, and Mergers & Acquisitions, 2011-15
- Indiana State Bar Association — Community Service Award, 2014
- Indianapolis Business Journal — Forty Under 40 Award, 2007
- Indy's Best and Brightest — Finalist, Law Category, 2007
- Young Professionals of Central Indiana — Young Professional of the Year Award, 2006