Your on-demand fractional general counsel

Providing startups with flexible legal counsel—grow your business and accelerate deals without surprise costs or long-term commitments

Our Services

  • Contracts & Agreements

    • Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating sales, partnership, vendor, and employment contracts

    • Templates - MSA, DPA, NDA, SOW, playbooks, and more

    • Billing and vendor disputes

  • Corporate

    • Entity formation, management, compliance, and dissolution

    • Equity and stock administration

    • Due diligence, corporate transactions, and fundraising

  • Compliance

    • Data privacy and security, including management of SOC certifications

    • Import/export

    • Anti-bribery, anti-corruption

    • Compliance requirements specific to your business

  • Employment

    • Templates - Offer letter, PIIA, separation agreement, policies

    • Hiring, personnel matters, disputes, and terminations

    • Operational and legal support for high-growth global startups

  • Intellectual Property

    • Trademark and copyright registrations

    • Handling IP disputes

    • Employee and contractor IP assignments

What is a fractional general counsel?

Legal expertise tailored to your company’s unique needs

A fractional GC is an outside lawyer who provides services on a part-time basis, and who understands what your business does and your risk tolerance. You use their legal, strategic and leadership services on an as-needed or time-blocked basis. They are dedicated to the company and

You can add them to your Slack, give them a company email, have them interface with customers, or include them in meetings. You can use their services as little or as much as you need, and that’s adjustable over time.

Who I am

I’m passionate about finding creative and effective solutions to legal challenges.

I strive to provide your customers with a good experience that also meets your business objectives.

With 20+ years of experience, I've led projects and teams focused on vision and strategy setting, brand retention and building, and straight up user research. I led the User Experience Research team at NerdWallet from a focus on tactical one-off studies to strategic impact. I established best practices and teams at Postman, LaunchDarkly and the Gates Foundation.

Helping early-stage startups overcome the legal obstacles that prevent them from becoming later-stage companies