Built for emerging growth companies.

A boutique corporate firm for companies that want strategic counsel — not just transactional support. Founder-first isn't a marketing line; it's how every engagement is structured.

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The Team

Senior counsel, on every call.

Two partners. No third-year associate triage, no junior pass-through. The lawyer you meet is the lawyer who answers the phone.

Nate Sumbot

Principal

Practice: Fractional GC · Corporate finance · M&A · Commercial contracts · Capital raising
Bar: Utah, 2014
Education: J.D., BYU Law (2014) B.A. English, BYU (2011)
Prior: General Counsel, Lumio Chief Legal Officer, Ei.Ventures Deputy GC, Office of Utah Governor Ballard Spahr LLP Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough

Chris Hill

Principal

Practice: Fractional GC · Corporate · Commercial contracts · Real estate · Regulatory
Bar: Texas · Utah
Education: J.D., Texas Tech School of Law M.B.A., Texas Tech Rawls Coursework, BYU Law B.A., BYU
Prior: VP, Senior Managing Counsel, Mastercard Interim CLO, Finicity (a Mastercard company) Legal Counsel, TransCanada Ross Molina Oliveros, P.C.

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Our Story

Why we built Scalar.

Most growth-stage companies have the same complaint about legal: it's reactive, expensive, and disconnected from how they actually operate. The lawyer is a vendor, not a partner. The bills are unpredictable. The advice arrives late.

Scalar was founded to fix that. We structure engagements around how modern companies actually work — flexible commitment, transparent pricing, proactive counsel. Whether you need an embedded GC or counsel-on-call, you get the same team and the same posture.

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Our Approach

How we work, in three principles.

A foundation that supports everything above it. Each principle structures how we engage — not just what we say in a pitch deck.

Three principles that structure every engagement — how we work, not just what we say.

Proactive, not reactive.

We work ahead of issues, not behind them. Embedded clients get a weekly cadence; project clients get a counsel relationship that compounds over time.

Business-minded.

Practical solutions over theoretical perfection. We optimize for the deal closing, the round funding, the team scaling — not for billable hours.

Transparent.

Fixed monthly retainers for fractional engagements. No surprises, no nickel-and-diming. The pricing structure is the pricing structure.

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Structure

One firm, two brands.

Scalar Law operates under Fundwise Legal, PLLC. Fundwise is the sister practice covering securities work and capital raising; Scalar is the corporate counsel arm.

Scalar Law

Corporate Counsel

Full-service corporate legal support for emerging growth companies. Fractional GC or traditional engagement — structured around how you actually operate.

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Fundwise Legal

Online Capital Raising

Securities counsel for founders raising capital through Reg CF, Reg A+, Reg D, and other exemptions. Offering documents, SEC filings, and ongoing compliance.

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Scalar Law is a DBA of Fundwise Legal, PLLC · Same lawyers · Same standards · Two specialty lanes

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