Boutique Fractional General Counsel Law Firm

Startup-savvy, founder-friendly legal counsel. From day one to scale.

We act as your Fractional General Counsel—leading legal for early teams or plugging in alongside your existing law firm as you grow.

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Empower Growth

Foundry provides early stage companies and scale-ups with the judgment / experience of an in-house General Counsel and the bandwidth of outside counsel, hence the concept of Fractional General Counsel. Whether you're building in AI, SaaS, digital health, or life sciences, you can work with us as your primary legal team or as a specialist layer next to your current firm for corporate, employment, commercial, product, privacy, or healthcare matters. If you are just starting out on your entrepreneurial journey, we have the experience and tools to support your every legal need from formation to employment and fundraising.

We provide you with personal and tailored legal advice at fast turnaround times. We focus on diving into your business and embedding ourselves in your company, risk profile, and mission, in order to advise you in ways no traditional outside law firm could.

We've designed a law firm to offer services rarely seen in the legal sector - fast, practical answers by senior attorneys with BigLaw and in-house experience, grounded in your company's unique risk profile and business goals coupled with crystal clear pricing (whether monthly subscriptions, fixed-fee projects, or project quotes for hourly work).

Based in San Francisco, Foundry is in the heart of the tech and life sciences ecosystems.

Practice Areas

Legal Expertise

Formation & Corporate Governance

Empower your startup's journey with business entity formation and corporate structuring, ensuring a solid foundation for future success, whether as a Corporation, benefit corporation, or an LLC. After formation, we can also handle all corporate governance matters - from annual filings, to board consents and Carta management.

Financings

Navigate the complexities of capital raising with confidence as we guide you through legal challenges. Whether you are contemplating a SAFE, Seed, or Series A, we have the tools and expertise to affordably and speedily close your financing.

Employment & Compensation

Grow your venture by leveraging our experience drafting employment agreements and advising on employment laws as you focus on recruiting the best talent.

Commercial Transactions

Leave your contract drafting and negotiation to us. From research and clinical trial agreements to software licensing and BAAs / DPAs. We are here to support your daily contracting needs, whether strategic and complex collaborations or high-volume NDAs and consulting agreements.

AI & Data Privacy

Feel confident that you comply with the ever-changing Data Privacy regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, with our vast experience in this area. Years of in-house product counseling helps us guide you in launching legally compliant products.

Intellectual Property

Make your intellectual property portfolio work for your company. Our attorneys have extensive IP experience with negotiating complex IP collaboration and licensing agreements. We also provide general IP strategy services in connection with patent filings, trademarks, and copyrights.

Our Clients Say

“From his first days at Goodwin, Joel has been a legal advisor to me for nearly a decade. His in-house experience helps him to understand my business strategy and risk unlike any other attorney. As we’ve experienced immense growth, I’m excited for Joel to now serve as our Fractional GC to help us manage our law firms as well as provide contract support.”

Newsha Ghaeli

President and Co-Founder, Biobot Analytics