Startup Counsel

The general counsel you don't have to hire.

On-demand legal counsel on a monthly retainer — contracts through fundraising, turned around in 24–48 hours, a message away on Slack or WhatsApp.

The retainer

A monthly hours bank, not a meter running.

You retain a bundle of counsel hours each month and draw them down as work comes up. Simple to budget, no invoice shock. We'll walk you through the numbers on the intro call.

Hours that roll over

Unused hours don't vanish at month-end — they roll over within a defined period, so a quiet month isn't a wasted one.

Transparent overage

Run past your bundle in a heavy month and the extra hours are billed at a per-hour rate you agreed up front. Nothing is a surprise.

24–48 hour turnaround

Our standing commitment on contract work — not a best effort. AI handles the routine layer; your lawyer's time goes on judgment.

What we cover

Day-to-day counsel, through to the fundraise.

One retainer covers the operating layer of your legal work and the high-stakes documents at funding rounds.

Day-to-day

Commercial & operations

  • Customer and vendor agreements, MSAs and SaaS contracts
  • NDAs and confidentiality agreements
  • Employment and consultancy agreements
  • Policy drafting — privacy, HR, data, ESOP
  • Responsive support on investor and third-party queries

Fundraising & corporate

Deal documents, done right

  • Term sheets and SAFE notes
  • Compulsorily Convertible Debentures (CCDs)
  • Shareholder agreements (SHAs)
  • Founder and advisory agreements
  • Cross-border structures and support through the round
Where we go deep

Specialist depth where the law is newest.

Some areas move faster than generalist counsel can follow. These are ours.

Climate & carbon

Carbon markets, climate ventures and the contracts that hold them together — a space where precedent barely exists yet.

DPDP & data protection

India's DPDP regime alongside UK GDPR — data processing agreements, privacy policies and the operational questions in between.

Crypto & Web3

Token structures, exchange and custody agreements, and regulation that changes quarter to quarter.

How you reach us

A teammate, not a ticketing system.

Your counsel is on your Slack or WhatsApp — the same channel your team already lives in. No intake forms, no ticket numbers, no "your matter has been assigned".

Send the contract, ask the question, forward the investor email. You get a direct answer from the lawyer who knows your company, usually the same day.

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Put a lawyer in your corner this week.

A short intro call: what you're building, what's on your legal plate, and exactly what the retainer would look like for you.