Most Lawyers are

Old-School

Slow

Expensive

Stodgy

Unavailable

Unqualified

Not Us.

You need an attorney who gets business today.

Most startups are tired of dealing with old-school lawyers that don’t understand how to run a modern business.
We get it. We're entrepreneurs too. So we understand how difficult it can be to trust and empower others at this stage in your business. That's why it's essential to work with a law firm that can balance legal protection with your modern business goals.

Our areas of expertise

Formation
We are familiar with a startup's lifecycle and the legal  requirements that most commonly apply to new businesses.
LLC
Corporation (S-Corp, C-Corp, B-Corp, Non-profit)
Corporate restructuring
Partnership
Contracts
Founder agreements
Terms of Service/ Privacy Policies
Growth
We help you build upon a solid strategic foundation as your business grows and secures success in the future.
Day-to-day operational

Day-to-day review, revision, drafting, questions, advice

  • B2B contracts
  • Vendor agreements
  • Terms of Service/Privacy Policy
  • Licensing agreements
  • Partnership agreements
  • MSA/SOW's
  • Sales agreements, etc.
Regulatory compliance

Industry-specific research and advice.

  • Cryptocurrency/NFT marketing/execution
  • Smart contracts/Blockchain
  • FinTech and financial services
  • Branding/marketing guidance
  • Product labeling requirements
  • GDPR/CCPA regulations
  • HIPAA guidance
  • International operations, etc.
Employment compliance

Industry-specific research and advice.

  • Audit of Client's existing employment practice/procedure, including:                     Offer Letter, Employee Handbook, Severance Policy, Employment Agreements
  • Contractor Agreements
  • Severance Agreements
  • Draft/Revise agreements/policies
  • Implement standard operating procedure for Client
  • Provide on-going hiring/firing communication, documentation, and execution based on new procedure.
Equity compensation
  • Equity ties into Corporate Governance - For those companies with a complex cap table, we often find that equity issued to founders, key executives, investors, noteholders, employees/optionholders, etc. has been done incorrectly.
  • Equity ties into Employment Compliance - Companies that have an equity incentive plan typically have regular hiring/firing activities that should all be the responsibility of the Company's corporate counsel.
  • On-going: we implement a process moving forward and maintain the Company's cap table and issue equity on Carta - we are a Carta Partner Law Firm.erms of Service/Privacy Policy
Corporate governance

Industry-specific research and advice.

  • Corporate structure issues
  • Corporate compliance issues
  • Foundational documents
  • Board meetings/resolutions
  • Shareholder meetings/resolutions
  • Corporate structural issues overall
Cap table management

A comprehensive audit of the entire company, top-to-bottom to identify the plan of attack to rectify/mitigate holes and weak points, and also to implement a plan to avoid them moving forward.

Scale
We provide experienced advice and ensure you understand the tradeoffs and rewards of fundraising, business succession plans, exit strategies, and acquisition plans.
Fundraising: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - B rounds
  • Deep analysis of the cap table and financial goals strategy.
  • Term Sheet
  • Private Offering Memorandum
  • Due Diligence
  • Negotiation with third parties/attorneys
Deal negotiation; Exits
Merger & Acquisitions

Digital is our default

We know that today's clients are technologically sophisticated and expect the same from their service providers. We leverage technology to streamline communication, keep projects organized and make our workflow as efficient as possible.

What our clients are saying

Click on a client below to hear more about their @VirtualCounsel experience.
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Adam Apollo
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CEO, Superluminal Systems
Industry:
Blockchain; Crypto; Development
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2020
Fun fact:
Adam is proficient in communicating complex subjects like sacred geometry and astrophysics to a wide range of audiences at varying skill levels. He's a badass DJ too.

Superluminal Systems is currently developing several confidential projects that intend to support a global social operating system using fractal cryptocurrency transactions and ownership.

Superluminal Systems relies on @VirtualCounsel as fractional General Counsel to navigate the various complex corporate, SEC, and regulatory obstacles it faces as it takes on massive and novel initiatives in the social media and cryptocurrency spaces. We have collaborated together on countless projects including: fundraising efforts, cap table management; joint venture agreements; MSA/SOW, licensing agreements, equity compensation, employment matters, etc.

"Some of my favorite colleagues I’ve ever worked with."

After working with @VirtualCounsel, I suddenly found my company taking off. Everything I needed to do on the legal side of things was right at my fingertips and there was a team ready and willing to communicate with me about my business needs."

Adam Apollo
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CEO, Superluminal Systems
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Alex Fairman
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Co-Founder, Logos
Industry:
Software; Pyschometric Assessment
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2018
Fun fact:
Alex is a talented musical artist who curates transformational concert experiences.

Alex co-founded Logos to revolutionize the way that individuals, coaches, couples, and teams clarify their zones of genius using the world's most revealing psychometric assessment tools available.

Alex has been working with @VirtualCounsel since its inception on Logos, various business projects of his own, and also with his business partners involving corporate formation, ownership, and consulting on key business relationships, and just about any legal or strategic issue that Alex and his team have come across.

“A Godsend”

"I am able to talk to someone on the @VC team at any point in time using Slack (which is what I use for my business) and get the answers I need about legal without being on this crazy, on the clock, hourly billing cycle that the traditional lawyers use."

Alex Fairman
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Co-Founder, Logos
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Brendan Kennedy
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Founder & CEO, NxTSTOP
Industry:
Apparrel; Retail/Wholesale/Distribution
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2020
Fun fact:
Brendan is a seasoned world traveler, experienced windsurfer, and makes a mean soufflé.

NxTSTOP makes functional, sustainable travel apparrel, they're a direct to consumer brand that also works with some of the largest companies in the world.

NxTSTOP and @VirtualCounsel have worked together for years on complex B2B transactions, corporate restructuring, cap table management, fundraising, equity incentive, and employment matters.

"Recommend to any startup or growing business."

“I’m a huge fan of @VirtualCounsel because I’ve seen how cost-effective they are, how quickly they work, and how closely they work with me, as a small team, to make sure I get what I need done.”

Brendan Kennedy
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Founder & CEO, NxTSTOP
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Christian Chasmer
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Co-Founder & COO, Vessel Health
Industry:
Biometric HealthTech
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2020
Fun fact:
Christian runs a no-tech retreat in his Connecticut cabin for tech entrepreneurs to disconnect from their devices for a week and reconnect with nature and themselves.

Vessel is a completely remote organization with 50+ employees across the US an internationally. To run a large tech organization remotely requires incredibly strong procedures and communication, and Christian has cultivated them from the ground up.

Vessel relies on @VirtualCounsel as fractional General Counsel, and has collaborated together with numerous projects including: fundraising; equity compensation; cap table management; licensing; FDA/regulatory analysis; SaaS agreements; vendor/B2B contract negotiation; hiring/firing; employee severance; dispute mitigation, etc.

"We see them as a partner and an internal team."

"I honestly have had the best experience working with @VirtualCounsel. Not just the predictability of payments, but more so the level of service has been above and beyond any service-based company I have ever worked with."

Christian Chasmer
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Co-Founder & COO, Vessel Health
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James Hodges
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CEO & Co-Founder, Amphibian Capital
Industry:
Finance; Investments
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2018
Fun fact:
James is building a community of conscious entrepreneurs in Costa Rica.

James co-founded Amphibian Capital in 2022 to consciously build a community fund to invest in projects designed to usher in the New Earth.

James has been working with @VirtualCounsel since its inception on Amphibian Capital and various business projects involving corporate formation, ownership, and consulting on key business relationships, and just about any legal or strategic issue that James and his team have come across.

"Absolute gamechanger."

“@VirtualCounsel is also strategic in terms of helping us to think about our risks in a different way, and some of those other things that I may not think of… they help me manage downside, think through things in detail, manage things with employees/team, and structure everything in smart and effective way.”

James Hodges
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CEO & Co-Founder, Amphibian Capital
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Kim Roach
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Founder, Kim Roach Collective
Industry:
Coaching; Healing; Retreats
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2022
Fun fact:
Kim's sound healing experiences are out of this world!

Kim is a badass solopreneur. She started her coaching, sound healing, and retreat business by herself from the ground up and has developed a powerful offering for her clients and the world.

Kim is what we like to call a DIY-CEO. In other words, she is highly skilled in most every area of business development, and has the ability to do just about everything herself. However, as she is growing in her role as a CEO and a healer, she now wisely decides to empower others to be in their zones of genius, which is why choosing @VirtualCounsel to handle her business formation was key to her leveling up her business.

"Affordable and super easy"

“@VirtualCounsel made it super affordable and super easy and they did it in a quick manner as well. Thank you for making my life so much easier.”

Kim Roach
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Founder, Kim Roach Collective
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Matthew Geller
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Co-Founder & CEO, CovalentCreative
Industry:
Healthcare Media; Publication
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2014
Fun fact:
Matt is retired Doctor of Optometry and an outstanding photographer.

Dr. Matt Geller stopped seeing patients so he could focus on filling a need in the optometric space for reliable content and career development for other doctors, and for the eyecare industry as a whole.

Covalent and @VC have collaborated on just about every corporate, business, and strategic project (e.g., equity compensation, cap table management in Carta, M&A, employment, licensing contracts, etc.) since Covalent started with just 3 employees. Now, Covalent has grown to over 40 employees, and @VC operates as fractional General Counsel for Covalent as a true extension of Covalent's team.

"Culturally they're a fit."

“@VirtualCounsel has seen it and done everything with us… We’ve undergone acquisition, share buybacks, very very complex legal agreements with Fortune100 and Fortune10 companies… They’ve done an incredible job.”

Matthew Geller
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Co-Founder & CEO, CovalentCreative
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Michael Supina
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CEO, Motiv Mktg
Industry:
Digital Marketing
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2020
Fun fact:
Michael has one of the most disciplined morning routines known to @VC.

Michael has grown from a DIY-CEO to a powerful leader of Motiv Mkth. He realized that his talents as a digital marketer deserve to be enhanced by building a team and a system of delivery around his business.

With growth comes growing pains and Motiv Mktg collaborates with @VirtualCounsel with every one of those pain points including: hiring decisions, strategy decisions; contract negotiation, business development, etc.

"I will never go anywhere else."

"I can actually talk to them . . . they're not stuck up attorneys who you can't really have a conversation with. I actually ENJOY talking with my legal team!"

Michael Supina
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CEO, Motiv Mktg
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Sean Ring
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Co-Founder, Fulcrum
Industry:
SaaS; Workforce efficiency and productivity
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2019
Fun fact:
Despite all the time spent in front of a computer, Sean can beat the Founder of @VC in just about every sport he dares to challenge.

Fulcrum relies on @VirtualCounsel as fractional General Counsel and have been collaborating together over several years, product advancements, pivots, fundraising rounds, and overal structural changes during its growth as a software and SaaS company in the workforce efficiency and productivity space. We have worked together on SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, MSA/SOWs with some of the biggest companies in the world, employment matters, cap table management, contract negotiation, etc.

“I would use them in any company I start, in perpetuity.”

“@VC came in at a really critical time. They actually ended up serving as a role of sales enablement by being a partner that can react quickly and get us the right kind of agreements in place with big enterprises.”

Sean Ring
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Co-Founder, Fulcrum
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Sergio Maldonado
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CEO, Undaunted
Industry:
Film Production
Started working with @VC:
January 1, 2020
Fun fact:
Undaunted has produced some of the coolest hip hop videos in the industry, and the Founder of @VC has a dream of making a cameo in a hip hop video - perhaps one day it will become a reality!

Undaunted is a film and art production company that has a boutique set of clients and projects primarily in Los Angeles, CA.  

@VirtualCounsel has supported Undaunted with various projects including: contract negotiation; licensing; disputes; business strategy, etc.    

"They saved me $15,000."

“After setting up my LLC, almost immediately I was being sued by somebody. But, I had @VirtualCounsel there, they were prepared, I sent the problem to them, from that point on they took care of it – and they saved me $15,000. It was easy. I loved it.”

Sergio Maldonado
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CEO, Undaunted

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