Outside GC
Outside General Counsel for Startups and Growth Companies
For startups, venture-backed companies, operators, and growth companies that need recurring legal judgment across contracts, governance, financings, employment questions, investor issues, and strategic decisions.
Based in New York. Working with clients across the U.S. and internationally.
How Jason Helps
Serve as a practical legal point person for recurring corporate, commercial, governance, financing, and strategic questions.
Help operators separate actual legal risk from business leverage, negotiation posture, and timing pressure.
Coordinate legal work around the company’s stage, runway, customers, investors, employees, and transaction calendar.
Where This Fits
When to Reach Out
- The company has recurring legal questions but does not need or want a full-time in-house legal hire.
- The team needs a steady legal point of contact for contracts, governance, financings, investor issues, hiring, equity, or risk triage.
- The business is moving faster than the documents and needs help getting the legal function organized.
Common Matters
- Commercial contract review and negotiation.
- Board, stockholder, option, and corporate governance support.
- Financing, investor, customer, vendor, hiring, and equity questions.
- Diligence preparation, dispute avoidance, transaction readiness, and legal project management.
FAQ
What does outside general counsel mean for a startup?
It means ongoing legal judgment across the issues that come up as the business operates, raises money, signs customers, hires people, manages investors, and prepares for transactions.
Is outside GC work only for later-stage companies?
No. Early companies often need outside GC support before they need an in-house legal department, especially when contracts, fundraising, equity, and governance are all moving at once.
Can Jason work with existing company counsel?
Yes. Depending on the matter, Jason can work as a direct outside counsel resource or coordinate with other counsel handling tax, employment, litigation, regulatory, IP, or specialist issues.
What makes outside GC work effective?
Good outside GC work is usually about judgment, prioritization, and follow-through. Some issues need a fast answer. Some need better documents. Some need to wait until the business decision is clearer.
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Contact
Discuss a potential matter.
Email Jason or schedule an intro to talk through what you are building, financing, negotiating, buying, selling, or cleaning up.