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Every clause is a decision.
Every decision is someone's future.

Counsel is a practice built in glass-walled conference rooms where term sheets get redlined at midnight and founders walk out with their cap tables intact. Series A IP disputes. M&A sprints. Venture diligence.

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$2.4B+
Deal value closed
140+
Transactions
18 yrs
Tech law focus
IP LitigationVenture FinancingM&A Due DiligenceCap Table RestructuringTerm Sheet NegotiationRegulatory ExposurePatent StrategySeries A · B · CFounder EquityLicense AgreementsIP LitigationVenture FinancingM&A Due DiligenceCap Table RestructuringTerm Sheet NegotiationRegulatory ExposurePatent StrategySeries A · B · CFounder EquityLicense Agreements
Track Record

IP disputes don't have to end your Series A.

Most founders treat IP threats as existential. We treat them as negotiating leverage — because that's what they are when you know how to read the room.

94%
Disputes resolved pre-litigation
47days
Avg. resolution time
$0
Settlement cost in 31 of 33 cases

M&A sprints run on clarity, not billable hours.

We flat-fee every acquisition sprint under $50M. No clock-watching. No billing surprises. The engagement letter says what you pay; the term sheet says what you get.

$2.4B+
Aggregate deal value closed
140+
Transactions completed
18days
Fastest close on record

Regulatory exposure is a data problem first.

Venture partners need diligence that surfaces risk in hours, not weeks. Our regulatory mapping process runs against 14 federal and state frameworks simultaneously.

14
Regulatory frameworks mapped
72hrs
Standard diligence turnaround
100%
Targets cleared without material findings
Practice Areas

The work that matters when it matters most.

A focused practice means every client gets the senior partner, not a first-year associate learning on your deal.

Intellectual Property

Patent prosecution, trade secret litigation, and IP portfolio strategy for software companies from seed through IPO. We've defended against trolls and negotiated licenses that kept products shipping.

PatentsTrade SecretsLicensingDMCA

M&A & Venture

Buy-side and sell-side representation for acquisitions under $500M. Term sheet negotiation, cap table clean-up, and NVCA-standard docs — executed at the pace founders actually need.

Term SheetsCap TablesNVCA Docs

Regulatory & Compliance

FTC, SEC, CFPB, and state-level exposure mapping before it becomes a board-level problem. Built for venture diligence timelines.

FTCSECCFPBDiligence

Founder Equity

Vesting schedules, acceleration triggers, and 83(b) election strategy. We've seen every scenario and written the playbook for most of them.

Vesting83(b)Option Pools

International Expansion

Entity formation, cross-border IP assignment, and data privacy compliance for US companies entering EU, APAC, and LATAM markets.

GDPRPDPAEntity Setup
Landmark Deals

The record speaks in numbers.

Selected transactions from 2021–2024. All outcomes verified. Client names withheld per engagement terms.

2024IP Litigation

Dismissed patent troll claim in 38 days

SaaS platform, Series B. Competitor filed broad software patent suit 3 weeks before their fundraise close.

$0 settlement
Deal metric
Case dismissed with prejudice. Fundraise closed on schedule.
2023M&A

$187M acquisition of AI infrastructure co.

Buy-side representation for strategic acquirer. Full diligence, IP assignment, and rep & warranty insurance negotiated in 22 days.

$187M
Deal metric
Clean close. No post-close indemnification claims.
2023Venture

Series A cap table restructuring

Converted $14M in SAFEs, cleaned up three conflicting option pool promises, and renegotiated pro-rata rights before the priced round.

$14M SAFEs
Deal metric
Round closed at $40M pre-money. Lead VC confirmed clean cap table.
2022Regulatory

FTC pre-merger clearance for fintech target

Mapped regulatory exposure across 9 state money-transmitter licenses and federal CFPB obligations for a PE fund acquiring a payments startup.

$95M deal
Deal metric
HSR clearance granted. Zero material findings flagged post-close.
2021IP Strategy

Patent portfolio sale — 47 patents

Represented seller in structured sale of machine-learning patent portfolio to strategic buyer. Negotiated carve-outs preserving core product freedom to operate.

47 patents
Deal metric
Transaction closed at 2.3x initial offer. FTO preserved.
Trusted By
Meridian LabsAI Infrastructure
Fieldwork CapitalVenture Fund
Tessera SystemsSaaS / Series B
Portsmith AIGenerative AI
CloudmarchDevOps Platform
IronthreadFintech
Dune VenturesVC Fund
Sable NetworksInfrastructure

You stopped evaluating. Now let's start.

A confidential call. Thirty minutes. You describe the situation; we tell you exactly what it will take to resolve it. No retainer required to have the conversation.

"We were three weeks from closing our Series B when the IP claim landed. Counsel had it dismissed before our investors even heard about it. That's not legal work — that's crisis management at the highest level."

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Marcus Kim
CTO · Tessera Systems

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