Startup lawyerS advising founders and their teams on
About

Harrison Hawkes

Formerly Head of Legal at a crypto neobank and an associate in Gunderson Dettmer’s Silicon Valley office

JD at the University of Chicago Law School and BS Accounting at the University of Utah

About

Adam Woffinden

Formerly product counsel at Google (Intrinsic; embodied AI for manufacturing) and Meta (PyTorch) and an associate in Sidley Austin's Chicago office

JD at the University of Chicago Law School

Services

We advise venture-backed startups across many industries, with an emphasis in enterprise and consumer SaaS, AI, fintech and hardware.

We draft and negotiate commercial contracts, including across from parties like enterprise customers, end users/consumers, vendors, partners, consultants, advisors and employees.

We also help startups with:

  • structuring strategic partnerships

  • product counseling

  • IP licensing and commercialization

  • data privacy

  • open source software considerations

Tailored Legal Advice

We meet you where your startup is and help you get to the next level, whether you're still seeking product-market fit or you're in growth mode and looking to close deals in an efficient manner.

We help you focus on what matters and when based on our experience working with hundreds of venture-backed startups.

Advisory Style

We provide succinct, practical, business-oriented advice focused on helping startups:

  • close deals

  • prepare for and navigate venture capital financings and a future acquisition

  • avoid unnecessary business restrictions

  • mitigate undue risk