Practice
Outside general counsel from formation through maturity.
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Formation: C, PBC, LLC, 501(c)(3)
Conversions (LLC to Delaware C)
Founder and early team dynamics
Initial operations & systems
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SAFEs / convertibles
Accelerators
Series Seed, A, B, C, etc.
Venture debt
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Employees
Consultants
Advisors
Compensation & equity
Termination (incl. founder separations)
In-house counsel (recruiting, vetting)
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Terms of Service, Privacy Policies
Master Services Agreements
SaaS Agreements
Sales velocity & legal systems
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Risk analysis and thorny issues
Market benchmarking
Negotiation and dealmaking
Founder separations & mediation
Cap table strategy
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Investors
Legal specialists (immigration, patent, trademark, litigation, regulatory, etc.)
Accounting / bookkeeping / tax
Growth marketing
Executive coaches & therapists
Clients
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Delaware C Corporations
Most of our Delaware C clients are high-growth venture-backed software businesses, but we also love hardware, materials, and CPG.
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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.
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501(c)(3)s
We assist in the formation of California and Delaware nonprofits and private foundations, as well as capital deployment.
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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.
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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.)
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Founders
We represent individual founders in executive compensation matters, separations, and mediation.