Startup legal counsel for founders and tech startups

Templates are a reasonable starting point for routine documents, but they cannot tell you which terms matter for your business or how to negotiate them. A startup lawyer adapts documents to the product, the customer and the deal, and spots gaps, such as missing IP assignments, that no template will flag.

Investors and acquirers expect the company to own its code, designs and content. Without written assignments from founders, employees and contractors, ownership can stay with the person who created the work. Fixing that during a financing or sale is slower and harder than signing proper assignment agreements at the start.

A startup general counsel is the lawyer a young company relies on for its overall legal needs rather than a single transaction. For most startups this is an outside firm, not an employee. The role covers contracts, hiring, IP and investment documents, plus coordination with securities, tax or patent counsel as issues arise.

Yes. The firm helps startups prepare investment documents and organize the records investors review: formation documents, equity records, IP assignments, material contracts and employment agreements. Where a financing raises securities or tax questions, the firm coordinates with counsel who handle those areas so the company sees the complete picture.

Kohler Law Group is a fully virtual firm that works with technology companies and startups nationwide. Work happens over video calls, email and shared documents, and you deal directly with the senior attorney handling your matter. If a question turns on a particular state’s law, that is identified when the work is scoped.