Lawyers for startups and tech companies scaling globally and doing M&A

A startup lawyer advises on the legal decisions that affect growth, fundraising, and transactions. This includes corporate structuring, founders agreements, IP assignment, investment rounds (SAFEs, convertible notes, Series A/B), commercial contracts, corporate governance, international expansion, and M&A processes. Unlike a generalist lawyer, a startup lawyer understands venture capital mechanics, cap table dynamics and the speed at which startups operate.

Before taking any money from investors — even from friends and family — before signing significant contracts, and before hiring the first employee or contractor. The most costly legal mistakes happen at the beginning: co-founders without a formal agreement, IP not assigned to the company, wrong corporate structure for the business objectives. Early investment in legal infrastructure prevents expensive corrections during due diligence.

Legal infrastructure is the integrated system of structures, contracts, processes and operations that allows a startup to operate, raise capital and close transactions without legal friction. It includes the corporate entity, founders agreements, IP assignment, standardized contracts with customers and vendors, corporate governance and legal operations. It is not a one-time task — it is a continuous system.

A Delaware C-Corp is the global standard for startups seeking investment from US venture capital funds. Delaware has the world's most developed corporate jurisprudence and allows multiple share classes, employee stock option plans (ESOP/ISO) and the NVCA standard terms used by institutional funds. For Latin American startups, the Delaware Flip restructures the local entity as a subsidiary of a Delaware C-Corp that acts as the holding company.

Legal services for startups are structured as project fees (fixed fee for a specific deliverable) or monthly retainers (for ongoing General Counsel coverage). Delaware C-Corp formation typically costs between USD 3,000 and USD 8,000. A seed round in SAFEs costs between USD 3,000 and USD 6,000. General Counsel retainers scale with volume, generally starting from USD 1,500/month for early-stage startups. We communicate fees before any commitment.

An offsite General Counsel provides the same strategic legal leadership as an in-house legal director, but on a retainer model — without the fixed costs of a full-time hire. Signals it's time: you're signing multiple contracts per month without consistent review, you're preparing a fundraising round, you're hiring employees internationally, or legal time is competing with product decisions. For most startups from seed to Series B, the offsite GC model is more efficient.

Yes. We work from pre-seed stage and have fee structures adapted to each stage. Founders at very early stage typically need: a co-founders agreement with vesting, IP assignment, base contracts with first customers and eventually a corporate structure to receive investment. These are the pillars of the legal infrastructure that everything else builds on top of.