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Your outside general counsel.
Intuitive, responsive, and business-focused.
Legal issues won’t wait for you. You need legal support that’s proactive, practical, and won’t slow you down when you’re pulled in every direction. That’s where we come in. We provide legal solutions that keep you moving, without hiring in-house counsel or at the high cost of BigLaw. You run the business. We’ll handle legal.
Guidance on company formation, governance, and board matters throughout a company’s lifecycle.
Counsel to startups and investors navigating venture financings, growth, and scaling.
Strategic legal advice on acquisitions, sales, and other liquidity events.
Structuring and negotiating commercial, SaaS, and technology-focused agreements.
Advising on IP ownership, protection, and commercialization strategies.
Helping companies manage privacy obligations, data use, and regulatory exposure.
Ongoing legal support for growing companies without in-house counsel.
Advising on employment, equity, and executive-level arrangements.
Business-oriented legal guidance for complex or high-stakes decisions.
Clients choose us for senior-level attention, efficient execution, and straight answers. No over-lawyering, no surprises; just reliable counsel tailored to the stage and goals of the business.
Michael Zussman is the consummate professional attorney and he has the knowledge and experience to back it up. He is also an excellent communicator, able to break down the most complex legal concepts into easy to digest chunks. Michael has worked with us on a variety of matters over the years. I would continue to recommend Michael and his services.
Michael has been an excellent partner through the early stages of starting my business. He laid out my options very clearly and was always available to help me navigate the early stages of incorporating and then growing the company. I will continue to work with Michael and have recommended him wholeheartedly to friends and colleagues.
Michael Zussman is an excellent lawyer and even better person. He truly cares about his clients and will always go above and beyond to make sure their interests are being met. His expertise is only outmatched by passion. As a CEO of an early-stage company, I can recommend Michael first-hand for anyone evaluating how to structure their company legally for the short-term and long-term.
I managed outsourced services before becoming a consultant that others outsource to, so I have worked with a LOT of lawyers during my career. Most of them were a pain in the neck, and if I didn’t do all the legwork, nothing got done—and if I didn’t force the issue and ask a lot of picky questions, I’d have left without any real understanding, and they would have ignored serious considerations. Michael’s different. He has always understood what I needed, brought up issues I hadn’t considered, explained his reasoning, and gave me not just completed paperwork but also understanding and confidence. He put my needs ahead of his own—even once explaining I’d be better off leaving him out of it and writing my own letter to propose a solution to a potentially messy problem. His instinct that I would be better off leaving lawyers out of it turned out to be correct. He billed zero hours, and soon I had put the problem behind me. THAT’s the kind of lawyer I want.
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