Practice Areas
How the firm supports its clients.
The firm offers focused services for technology companies, whether you need a single contract reviewed, a privacy program built from scratch, or an embedded legal partner for the long term.
Commercial & SaaS Contracts
Day-to-day commercial paper, drafted and negotiated to move deals forward without slowing your sales cycle. From first redline to signed agreement, the focus is on closing, with terms that protect the business long after the ink dries. Representative work includes SaaS and software licensing agreements, customer and vendor contracts, NDAs, and data processing agreements.
Outcomes
- Faster contract turnaround and shorter sales cycles
- Negotiation positions that protect revenue and limit liability
- Reusable contract templates that scale with your team
- Cleaner paper trail for due diligence and audits
Corporate & Entity Formation
Foundational corporate work for new and growing technology companies, from incorporation through ongoing governance. The goal is to set up structures that hold up under investor diligence and scale cleanly as the company grows. Representative work includes California and Delaware entity formation (LLC, C-Corp, Professional Corporation), founder and shareholder agreements, operating agreements, convertible notes and SAFEs, and ongoing board governance and corporate maintenance.
Outcomes
- A clean corporate structure and cap table from day one
- Governance documents that hold up under investor and acquirer diligence
- A foundation that scales cleanly through hiring and fundraising
- Clear separation between personal and corporate liability
Privacy & Compliance
Privacy programs and policies built for products that operate across borders. The work is grounded in operational reality, not boilerplate, so what's on your website actually matches how the product handles data. Representative work includes GDPR and CCPA/CPRA readiness, privacy policies and terms of service, data processing agreements, and legal alignment with SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Risk you reduce
- Regulatory exposure under GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and emerging U.S. state privacy laws
- Customer-facing disclosures that don't match how the product actually works
- Vendor and processor agreements that fail enterprise security review
- Audit findings tied to legal documentation gaps in SOC 2 and ISO 27001
AI Governance & Product Advisory
Legal frameworks for teams shipping AI features and products responsibly, designed to enable launches, not block them. Practical guidance that engineering and product teams can actually act on. Representative work includes AI risk assessments, AI compliance frameworks, pre-launch legal review for AI products, and model and data usage governance.
What sets this apart
- One of a small number of California attorneys credentialed in both AI governance (AIGP) and privacy (CIPM, CIPP/E)
- Hands-on experience building an AI governance framework inside a tech company, not just advising from the outside
- Aligned with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, EU AI Act, and emerging U.S. state AI laws
- Product-aware advice that translates regulatory language into engineering and PM workflows
Product Launch Support
Cross-functional legal review for product, engineering, and design teams, integrated into the launch workflow rather than bolted on at the end. Representative work includes terms of service and EULA review, customer-facing copy and disclosure review, regulatory review for new features, and go-to-market legal workflow design.
Outcomes
- Launch dates met without last-minute legal blockers
- Customer-facing terms aligned with product behavior
- A repeatable legal checklist for future launches
Fractional In-House Counsel
An embedded legal partner across product, engineering, and sales, on a predictable monthly retainer. Senior-level legal judgment at a fraction of the cost of a full-time General Counsel. Representative work includes day-to-day legal triage and contract turnaround, strategic advisory on growth, hiring, and risk, and the outside general counsel function.
Why startups choose this
- Senior legal judgment without the cost of a full-time GC hire
- Faster contract turnaround, no kickoff calls for every deal
- A counsel who already knows your product, customers, and risk tolerance
- Scales with the company and converts cleanly when you're ready for a full-time hire