For Legal
With an emphasis on simplifying business law, The Advisory provides the business formation, contract negotiation, deal structuring, due diligence, and other transactional services you need without the guesswork you don’t. Legal services are provided through a separate entity, The Advisory, PLLC.
- Advising on choice of entity and forming entity for startup purposes or for purposes of buying a business.
- Negotiating purchase price and structure and drafting purchase agreement.
- Registering for sales, franchise, and excise tax and qualifying to do business in all jurisdictions of operation.
- Drafting customer, vendor, employee, and contractor agreements.
- Negotiating joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and preferred pricing arrangements.
- Advising on government contracting and teaming arrangements.
- Structuring equity incentives and advising on succession planning.
- Structuring the business for likely exit scenarios other exit goals.
- Structuring exit transaction from corporate law perspective.
- Drafting equity or asset sale agreements and structuring consulting or other arrangements.
- Negotiating preferred rights (preferred returns, major transaction approval, pro rata rights, board seats).
- Comparing investment preferences to proposed deal (industry, stage, round, amount, debt, equity).
- Conducting due diligence on companies and founders.
- Reporting on risks/merits based on corporate and other documents disclosed.