Nate Sumbot
Corporate attorney and principal at Scalar Law, PLLC. Fractional general counsel and transaction counsel for startups and growth-stage companies.
Practical legal judgment, built in-house
Nate Sumbot advises startups and growth-stage companies as fractional general counsel and as outside counsel for specific corporate matters. He works as an embedded legal partner to founders and leadership teams navigating growth, financing, contracts, governance, and transactions.
His practice centers on corporate governance, commercial contracts, corporate finance, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions — structured around the way operating teams make decisions: early, practically, and with the commercial objective in view.
Before founding Scalar, Nate served as General Counsel at Lumio, Chief Legal Officer at Ei.Ventures, and Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the Utah Governor. He also practiced at Ballard Spahr LLP and Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough.
Scalar Law, PLLC is based in Utah. Services involving another jurisdiction are undertaken only as permitted by applicable law and may require association with local counsel.
From public service to the operating seat
Principal · Scalar Law, PLLC
Fractional general counsel and corporate transaction counsel for startups and growth-stage companies.
General Counsel · Lumio
Legal leadership for a multi-state operating company navigating growth, transactions, governance, and risk.
Chief Legal Officer · Ei.Ventures
Executive legal counsel in an emerging-company environment.
Deputy General Counsel · Office of the Utah Governor
Counsel on executive, policy, legislative, and constitutional matters.
Ballard Spahr · Jones Waldo
Corporate and transactional practice serving businesses and their stakeholders.
The corporate work growth creates
Fractional General Counsel
Embedded legal leadership, decision support, board cadence, and an ongoing contract pipeline.
Corporate Governance
Board matters, entity structure, equity administration, corporate records, and compliance frameworks.
Commercial Contracts
Customer, vendor, partnership, licensing, and other agreements that support the operating business.
Corporate Finance
Term sheets, financing instruments, diligence, closings, and post-close corporate work.
Capital Raising
Legal strategy and transaction support for private offerings and online capital formation.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side transactions, from early structuring and LOIs through closing.
One firm, two specialty lanes
Nate practices through Scalar Law, PLLC. Scalar is the corporate-counsel arm; Fundwise Legal is the firm's online-capital-raising brand.
Full-service corporate legal support for emerging growth companies. Fractional GC or traditional engagement — structured around how you actually operate.
Securities counsel for founders raising capital through Reg CF, Reg A+, Reg D, and other exemptions. Offering documents, SEC filings, and ongoing compliance.