Service 03
LEGAL
Startup legal support on a per-project basis, with a fixed fee agreed up front. I focus on the documents that decide your company's future: commercial contract negotiations, partnership and shareholder agreements, and investor term sheets, explained in English, negotiated commercially.
Startups supported
NO LEGALESE
FEE PER PROJECT
STANDARD TURNAROUND
Our specialisation
Who's it foR
Closing A deal
A corporate client or partner has sent a 40-page contract and you have no in-house counsel to read it.
Structuring the cap table
Founders, advisors or angels coming in, and you need vesting, control and leaver terms right from the start.
Holding a term sheet
An investor has made an offer. Before you sign, you need to know what it really costs you in control and dilution.
What we do
WHAT WE'll Cover
Your client and supplier contracts decide how much of your revenue you actually keep. I review, redraft and negotiate the terms that matter: liability, IP, payment, termination and exclusivity, so you sign deals you can live with.
- Contract review with a plain-English risk summary
- Redlines and negotiation positions
- Reusable client contract & MSA template
- Live negotiation support with the counterparty
- Partnership structure & term sheet
- Scope, exclusivity and revenue-share terms
- IP ownership and licensing clauses
- Governance, KPIs and exit mechanics
The document that governs who owns what and what happens when someone leaves. Founders, angels and ESOP holders, drafted or reviewed so control and equity stay where they should.
- Founder & shareholder agreement drafting
- Vesting, leaver and lock-up clauses
- Governance, board and reserved matters
- Tag-along, drag-along and pre-emption rights
Before you sign, you should understand every line. Valuation, dilution, liquidation preference, anti-dilution, board seats, vesting and information rights, explained, benchmarked and negotiated.
- Clause-by-clause term sheet review
- Market benchmarking of key terms
- Dilution and cap table modelling
- Negotiation strategy and counter-proposals
THE FORMAT
HOW A PROJECT RUNs
Per project, fixed fee, clear deadline. You send the document, you get a quote, and you know exactly what you are paying for before anything starts
01 — Scoping call
Free 15 minutes to understand the document, the counterparty and the deadline. You leave knowing what needs doing and roughly what it costs..
03 — Delivery & debrief
Marked documents plus a memo of the risks, ranked. A live debrief call to walk through the trade-offs and your negotiation options.
02 — Fixed quote
A written scope with a fixed fee and a delivery date. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices: you know the price before we start.
04 — Negotiation support
Optional: I stay on the deal until it is signed, drafting responses, benchmarking counter-offers and joining calls with the other side.
objectives and results
WHAT you can expect
Commercial legal advice for founders: protective where it counts, pragmatic everywhere else.
Fixed fee per project
Priced up front by document and complexity, never billed by the hour.
100% read clauses
You will be able to explain every material term you sign, in your own words.
Reusable templates
Where it makes sense, you keep a template so the next deal costs you nothing.
3-5 working days
Standard turnaround for a review and risk memo. Rush available on request.
Terms benchmarked to market
You know when a clause is standard, aggressive or simply not acceptable.
Deals signed, not stalled
Pragmatic, commercial advice that closes deals rather than blocking them.
ALSO COVEReD
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NDAs and mutual confidentiality agreements
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ESOP and stock option plan basics
- IP assignment and founder IP clean-up
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SAFE, BSA-AIR and convertible note review
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Freelance and contractor agreements
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GDPR and data processing agreements
PACKAGES & PRICING
Single document review
FROM €350 · PER PROJECT
One contract, NDA or agreement reviewed and marked up, with a plain-English risk memo and a 45-minute debrief call.
SEND MY DOCUMENTTerm sheet package
FROM €800 · PER PROJECT
Full investor term sheet review: clause-by-clause analysis, market benchmarking, dilution modelling and negotiation support until signature.
REVIEW MY TERM SHEETmulti-document review
FROM €900 FOR 3 DOCUMENTS
End-to-end review on partnership, shareholder or client deal contracts, redlines and when needed, negotiation with the counterparty through to signing.
DISCUSS YOUR NEEDSContact
SEND THE DOCUMENT.
Book a free 15-minute scoping call or email me the contract. You will get a fixed quote and a delivery date within 24 hours.