Kristen Van Beek is a corporate associate at Farrell Fritz, P.C., where she focuses on the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) space. She advises startups and growth-stage companies on matters ranging from entity formation and financings to M&A and technology transactions. Kristen began her legal career in an intellectual property practice in South Africa before earning her LLM in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at Cornell Law School and transitioning to practice in New York. Having witnessed firsthand the barriers many creatives face in accessing legal resources, she remains committed to using her skills to support and empower the arts community.