Practice 02
Grow: contracts, financing, deals and counsel on call
Bigger customers, outside investors and acquisitions all arrive with someone else's paper. You get a lawyer who reads it fast and tells you what matters.
Commercial contracts
Customer, vendor, licensing and partnership agreements: drafted from your side, or redlined when it's theirs.
Seed and Series A financings
SAFEs, convertible notes and priced rounds, from the term sheet through closing and the cap table after.
Buying or selling a business
Letters of intent, due diligence, purchase agreements and the transition documents that follow.
Outside general counsel
A standing arrangement for the day-to-day questions: a new hire, a lease, a customer who won't pay.
What you leave with
Redlines with reasons
When we mark up the other side's draft, every change comes with a one-line note saying why it matters to you, so you can decide what to fight for.
A redlined draft with a note on each change
A short list of the points worth negotiating
Closing checklists for financings and sales
A cap table that matches the documents
Grow: common questions
How does outside general counsel work?
We agree a monthly scope, such as a set number of hours or a list of covered work, and you email or call as things come up. Anything outside the scope is quoted before it starts.
Can you review a contract in a day or two?
Often, for a standard commercial agreement. Tell me the deadline when you send it, and I'll tell you honestly whether it can be done well in that time.
Do you represent buyers or sellers?
Both, though never both sides of the same deal. Most of my deal work is for owners selling a business they built, or buying one to grow.
Got a deal on the table?
Book a short intro call. You'll get a written scope and estimate before anything is billed.