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Anne E. Ross, a business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, has worked in the field of business law for more than 40 years. Her practice reflects the growing intellectual asset-based economy of the Upper Midwest, including extensive work with insurance companies, technology-driven companies and their investors and tax-exempt organizations. Anne strives to work as her clients’ partner in making the most of business opportunities, solving problems, and avoiding potential disputes through active listening, creative negotiation and precise drafting of transactional documents. She acts as “outside general counsel” to many of her clients, serving as the focal point to bring the full resources of Foley to bear on the project at hand in an effective and efficient manner. Anne is a member of the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and the Transactional & Securities Practice. She was managing partner of the firm’s Madison office from 2008-2018.

Anne’s insurance industry experience includes representation of life, health and property/casualty insurers in new company formation; mergers and acquisitions of stock and mutual companies; mutual insurance holding company conversions and mergers; demutualizations; bulk reinsurance transactions and portfolio acquisitions; insolvency workouts; private debt and equity financings; and joint venture and strategic partnership transactions.

She has had extensive experience handling mergers and acquisitions, distribution and licensing arrangements, private debt and equity financings and strategic partnerships for insuretech and fintech companies, medical device manufacturers, software developers, communications technology companies, content providers and new media companies. She has worked with university faculty members, research scientists and engineers on company formation, start-up funding and commercialization of emerging technology. She has also represented venture capital, “angel,” and institutional investors in fund formation and portfolio investment and divestment transactions.


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Anne E. Ross

Partner
Foley & Lardner
Madison, WI

Practice Area: M&A, Transactions

All-Star

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Anne E. Ross, a business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, has worked in the field of business law for more than 40 years. Her practice reflects the growing intellectual asset-based economy of the Upper Midwest, including extensive work with insurance companies, technology-driven companies and their investors and tax-exempt organizations. Anne strives to work as her clients’ partner in making the most of business opportunities, solving problems, and avoiding potential disputes through active listening, creative negotiation and precise drafting of transactional documents. She acts as “outside general counsel” to many of her clients, serving as the focal point to bring the full resources of Foley to bear on the project at hand in an effective and efficient manner. Anne is a member of the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and the Transactional & Securities Practice. She was managing partner of the firm’s Madison office from 2008-2018.

Anne’s insurance industry experience includes representation of life, health and property/casualty insurers in new company formation; mergers and acquisitions of stock and mutual companies; mutual insurance holding company conversions and mergers; demutualizations; bulk reinsurance transactions and portfolio acquisitions; insolvency workouts; private debt and equity financings; and joint venture and strategic partnership transactions.

She has had extensive experience handling mergers and acquisitions, distribution and licensing arrangements, private debt and equity financings and strategic partnerships for insuretech and fintech companies, medical device manufacturers, software developers, communications technology companies, content providers and new media companies. She has worked with university faculty members, research scientists and engineers on company formation, start-up funding and commercialization of emerging technology. She has also represented venture capital, “angel,” and institutional investors in fund formation and portfolio investment and divestment transactions.

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+1-608-258-4218

Anne E. Ross

Partner
Foley & Lardner
Madison, WI

Practice Area: M&A, Transactions

M&A All-Star

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

"Anne never let's unexpected changes throw us off course."
"She is client focused and manages the relationship smoothly."

MY CLIENT PHILOSOPHY

"My approach to client service is based on developing, through the skill of active listening a thorough understanding of the client's objectives and concerns, and how the work we are doing fits into the bigger picture of the client's long-term strategy and operations. In addition to more than four decades as a practicing lawyer, my many years of service on the Boards of Directors of a variety of organizations gives me the added ability to truly understand the needs of management and company directors as they engage with challenging decisions. In a transaction, I also work to understand the other party's objectives and concerns, and to let them know they've been heard. That puts me in the best position to offer alternative strategies for achieving the desired outcome. I consider myself the focal point for applying the full resources of our law firm to achieve the client's goals in an efficient and effective manner. I am lucky to be part of a team of lawyers who put in the work to be technically excellent and who are incredibly responsive when I reach out to them for help on a matter."

– Anne E. Ross

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Anne E. Ross, a business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, has worked in the field of business law for more than 40 years. Her practice reflects the growing intellectual asset-based economy of the Upper Midwest, including extensive work with insurance companies, technology-driven companies and their investors and tax-exempt organizations. Anne strives to work as her clients’ partner in making the most of business opportunities, solving problems, and avoiding potential disputes through active listening, creative negotiation and precise drafting of transactional documents. She acts as “outside general counsel” to many of her clients, serving as the focal point to bring the full resources of Foley to bear on the project at hand in an effective and efficient manner. Anne is a member of the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and the Transactional & Securities Practice. She was managing partner of the firm’s Madison office from 2008-2018.

Anne’s insurance industry experience includes representation of life, health and property/casualty insurers in new company formation; mergers and acquisitions of stock and mutual companies; mutual insurance holding company conversions and mergers; demutualizations; bulk reinsurance transactions and portfolio acquisitions; insolvency workouts; private debt and equity financings; and joint venture and strategic partnership transactions.

She has had extensive experience handling mergers and acquisitions, distribution and licensing arrangements, private debt and equity financings and strategic partnerships for insuretech and fintech companies, medical device manufacturers, software developers, communications technology companies, content providers and new media companies. She has worked with university faculty members, research scientists and engineers on company formation, start-up funding and commercialization of emerging technology. She has also represented venture capital, “angel,” and institutional investors in fund formation and portfolio investment and divestment transactions.

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