Business & corporate lawyer with 25+ years of experience helping startups, SaaS companies, and growing businesses draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, SaaS agreements, MSAs, privacy policies, and commercial contracts.
If a contract is sitting in your inbox waiting for a signature, or you need one built around how your business actually runs rather than pulled from a template, that's where I come in. Across 25+ years in business and corporate law, I've worked on 300+ projects for companies at every stage — first-time founders setting up their initial contractor or partnership agreements, and established businesses managing ongoing vendor, technology, and commercial relationships.
Corporate & Business Law
Governance structure, partnership and shareholder relationships, and the underlying legal groundwork that keeps a company defensible as it grows.
Contract Drafting, Review & Negotiation
Contracts drafted to protect your position, and incoming agreements reviewed for what actually matters — liability exposure, vague termination language, lopsided indemnification, IP gaps — not just formatting.
* NDAs & Confidentiality
NDAs built around what's actually being disclosed and to whom, so the agreement holds up rather than sitting there as boilerplate.
* SaaS & Technology Agreements
SaaS agreements, MSAs, and SOWs structured around what matters to a software business: IP ownership, liability caps, indemnification, data handling, service levels, termination, and auto-renewal terms.
* Privacy Policies, GDPR & CCPA/CPRA
Privacy policies and data processing agreements written to match your actual data practices, closing the compliance gaps a generic template leaves open.
* Commercial & Business Agreements
Vendor agreements, licensing and IP assignment agreements, partnership and shareholder agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements, and commercial lease review.
* Legal Research & Document Review
Focused, business-relevant research and review when you need a direct answer rather than a lengthy memo.
How I work with clients
Clear scope agreed before work starts, plain-English explanations instead of legalese, realistic turnaround, and direct communication throughout. Confidentiality and attention to detail are the baseline, not a selling point.
If you need a contract that actually protects your business, or an existing one reviewed before you sign it, message me with what you're working on and I'll tell you plainly what it needs.
*CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL LAW
Contract Drafting · Contract Review · Contract Negotiation · Commercial Contracts · Contract Risk Analysis
* CORPORATE & BUSINESS LAW
Corporate Governance · Partnership Agreements · Shareholder Agreements · Operating Agreements · Business Structuring Support
* NDA & CONFIDENTIALITY
NDA Drafting · Non-Disclosure Agreements · Confidentiality Agreements
* SAAS & TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS
SaaS Agreements · Master Service Agreements (MSA) · Statements of Work (SOW) · Software/Technology Agreements
* PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION
Privacy Policies · GDPR Compliance Documentation · CCPA/CPRA Documentation · Data Processing Agreements (DPA)
* INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENTS
IP Assignment Agreements · Licensing Agreements
LEGAL RESEARCH & DOCUMENT REVIEW
Legal Research · Document Review · Compliance Review
EMPLOYMENT & BUSINESS AGREEMENTS
Employment Agreements · Independent Contractor Agreements · Vendor Agreements · Terms & Conditions · Terms of Service · EULA · Commercial Lease Review
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TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Contract drafting & review — building in protections clients don't always think to request (liability caps, balanced indemnification, clear IP ownership, workable termination rights), and calling them out plainly when reviewing someone else's draft.
NDAs — scoped to the real relationship and the real information at stake, so it's enforceable rather than symbolic.
Privacy policies/DPAs — matched to actual data flows and vendor relationships rather than copied from a generator.
Partnership/shareholder/operating agreements — built to head off the disputes that surface years later around control, exit terms, and dilution.
Legal research/document review — delivered as a usable, direct answer rather than an academic writeup.
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WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE ME
- 25+ years of business and corporate law experience.
- 300+ projects across contract types, industries, and company stages.
- Direct communication, plain-English explanations, and realistic turnaround.
- Confidentiality and attention to detail as standard practice.
CALL TO ACTION
If you have a contract that needs review before you sign, or you need an NDA, SaaS agreement, or privacy policy built around your business rather than a generic form, send me a message with the details — I'll tell you plainly what it needs and how long it'll take.
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