Startup Counsel
A boutique law practice helping entrepreneurs build fundable startups since 2014.
Lerner Venture Law, P.C. provides legal support for startups and entrepreneurs. Principal attorney Zachary Lerner has a passion for helping founders and early-stage companies navigate legal issues associated with starting a company, raising capital, building and incentivizing teams and bringing products and services to market. As an entrepreneur himself, he understands the tensions that startups and small businesses face in engaging professionals and strives to deliver outstanding startup legal services promptly and efficiently.
Contact
(505) 227-8801
zach@lernerventurelaw.com
Areas of Practice
Entity Formations
Do you really need a lawyer in order to form a legal entity? There’s more to it than simply filing a charter with the secretary of state. Lerner Venture Law routinely helps founders select the right type of entity and jurisdiction of organization, allocate equity among initial stakeholders and put in place a suite of standard startup documentation that prospective investors and acquirers will typically demand at later stages. Performing these steps with the help of qualified legal counsel from the outset can save your team a lot of hassle—and expense—down the road.
Corporate Finance
Startups need capital in order to succeed. Lerner Venture Law has broad experience with different types of startup financing, from “pre-seed” rounds at the earliest stages (convertible notes and SAFE financings) to priced rounds involving preferred stock (Series Seed, Series A and beyond). The firm also assists with venture debt facilities and other forms of commercial financing.
General Corporate Matters
Lerner Venture Law has expertise in an array of general corporate and limited liability company matters that arise in the course of growing and operating a startup, including adoption of equity incentive plans and related stock option or other award agreements, preparation of board and stockholder resolutions, intellectual property licensing and transactions and general contract matters. Some of the types of agreements the firm routinely prepares and reviews on behalf of clients include nondisclosure agreements, consulting agreements, advisor agreements, employee offer letters, services agreements and terms and conditions for websites and mobile applications.
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.”
– Mark Twain
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