Senior legal leadership, without the full-time role
Scalar’s lawyers bring former GC, CLO, and senior in-house experience to recurring corporate legal needs — principal-led engagements with a defined scope and a fixed monthly fee.
Corporate counsel for growing companies
Scalar Law is a boutique corporate firm for emerging growth companies. We serve companies from formation through exit, embedded as fractional GC or engaged as outside counsel for specific matters.
Flexible
Fractional retainer or hourly engagement — choose the structure that matches your stage and burn.
Startup to Exit
Counsel that compounds across the full company lifecycle, from first formation to liquidity event.
Founder-First
Practical legal work tuned to the realities of building — proactive, business-minded, transparent.
Two ways to engage, one team
Some companies need embedded counsel in the weekly rhythm of the business. Others need experienced counsel for specific matters. We do both, with the same lawyers.
Embedded partnership
Senior counsel without full-time headcount — Slack and email access during business hours, an ongoing contract pipeline, board cadence, and counsel as decisions are made. Scope is defined at engagement; major transactions and specialty work are separately scoped.
- Direct access during business hours
- Ongoing contract review pipeline
- Board cadence and corporate housekeeping
- Strategic counsel before decisions are made
Project or hourly
For specific matters — financing rounds, M&A, major contracts — or as overflow capacity for companies with in-house legal. No retainer, scope-defined engagements.
- Financing rounds and term sheet work
- M&A transactions, buy- and sell-side
- Major commercial contracts
- Overflow for in-house teams
Six practice areas, one coordinated team
Board, equity, contracts, fundraising, employment, and exit — the corporate work growth-stage companies most need. Whether you engage us fractionally or by project, the same lawyers cover the same ground.
Corporate Governance
Board management, equity structures, corporate housekeeping, and compliance frameworks that hold up under diligence.
Commercial Contracts
Customer agreements, vendor contracts, partnerships, and the strategic transactions that move the business forward.
Equity & Compensation
Stock option plans, employee equity, executive compensation, and cap table management — built for the long arc.
Corporate Finance
Term sheet negotiation, due diligence coordination, and investor relations across priced rounds and bridge instruments.
Employment
Hiring documentation, policies, terminations, and the employment compliance work that keeps growth from creating exposure.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side transactions, LOIs, and deal execution — from first conversation through close.
Let’s talk about what you’re building
If you’re a growth-stage company looking for senior counsel inside the business, we’d like to hear from you.