Practice

Outside general counsel from formation through maturity.

  • Formation: C, PBC, LLC, Nonprofits

    Conversions (LLC to Delaware C)

    Founder and early team dynamics

    Initial operations & systems

  • SAFEs / convertibles

    Accelerators

    Series Seed, A, B, C, etc.

    Venture debt

  • Employees

    Consultants

    Advisors

    Compensation & equity

    Termination (incl. founder separations)

    In-house counsel (recruiting, vetting)

  • Terms of Service, Privacy Policies

    Master Services Agreements

    SaaS Agreements

    Sales velocity & legal systems

  • Risk analysis and thorny issues

    Market benchmarking

    Negotiation and dealmaking

    Founder separations & mediation

    Cap table strategy

  • Investors

    Legal specialists (immigration, patent, trademark, litigation, regulatory, etc.)

    Accounting / bookkeeping / tax

    Growth marketing

    Executive coaches & therapists

Clients

  • Delaware C Corporations

    Most of our Delaware C clients are high-growth venture-backed software businesses, but we also love hardware, materials, and CPG.

  • Delaware Public Benefit Corporations

    Similar to Delaware Cs, but with a specific public benefit outlined in the charter that creates a fiduciary duty to a social or environmental mission and stakeholders, not just stockholders.

  • Nonprofits

    We assist in the formation of California and Delaware nonprofits and private foundations, as well as capital deployment.

  • Limited Liability Companies

    We work with various accelerators, incubators, studios, consultancies, and other businesses with a handful of owners and a model funded by revenue or fees.

  • Venture Funds

    Our venture fund clients benefit from agile legal review on a deal-by-deal basis when they lead or syndicate financings. We are also a go-to referral for portfolio companies that are dissatisfied with their current lawyers. (We have referrals for fund formation & tax.)

  • Founders

    We represent individual founders in executive compensation matters, separations, and mediation.