South Florida Startup and Growth Counsel
Transactional counsel for closely held businesses, founders, and investors.
Legal counsel for founders raising capital, structuring ownership, and making early decisions that hold up in later rounds and exits.
What We Handle
SAFEs and convertible notes (standard and negotiated)
Priced equity rounds (preferred stock, LLC units, hybrid structures)
Cap table structuring and equity allocations
Founder equity, vesting, and repurchase rights
Option plans and equity compensation
Investor rights, governance, and control provisions
Cleanup of early documents ahead of a raise or acquisition
Focused on Execution
Not every financing looks the same, but most active raises surface the same real decisions.
We help founders and companies work through issues like:
• How dilution, valuation mechanics, and caps actually play out on the cap table
• Whether SAFEs, notes, or priced equity fit the current round—and the next one
• How governance, board rights, and investor approvals are structured going forward
• What needs to be finalized now versus intentionally deferred
• How to keep legal, investor timelines, and closing aligned without slowing momentum
When those questions are already in play, it’s usually the right moment to bring in financing counsel.
Counsel for Startup Financings and Growth Transactions
Once you’re discussing valuation, governance, and investor rights, you’re past “general” questions.
You’re making choices that affect control, dilution, and future rounds.
We represent companies and founders in SAFEs, notes, and priced rounds—focusing on tight documentation, clear economics, and deal-ready execution.
Why Structure Is the Work
In early and growth-stage financings, structure does most of the work long before an exit.
How equity is issued, how investor rights are layered, and how governance is set up will determine dilution, control, and flexibility in later rounds. Those decisions are difficult to unwind once capital is in.
Our role is to help clients think through structure deliberately—so the financing closes cleanly and supports the company’s next stage, not just this round.