We help you structure the roadmap for your business’ legal needs.

Services for Startups

New Leaf Legal has been serving startups since we began our own startup seven years ago. We tailor our legal services for each client based on their needs and long-term plan for legal services, but here’s a sample of some of the services we provide for Startups and New Ventures.

Entity Identity™ -What structure is right for my unique business? How creative can I be?

Entity formation, organization, and maintenance.

Creative business structuring: Corporations, LLCs, Benefit Corporations, L3C and hybrid models, nonprofits.

Corporate governance protocol and documents: shareholder/owner, co-founder, and profit share agreements, bylaws, Operating Agreements.

Benefit Director services.

Business contracts
Vendor agreements, contractors, employees, commercial lease/rental, licensing of product, content or services, client agreements, non-disclosures, terms and conditions/privacy policies, EULAs, and confidentiality.

Business purchase and sale

Intellectual Property: Trademark clearance and registration, copyright registration, content licensing and purchases.

Outside General Counsel: managing internal legal matters and managing outside counsel relationships.

Sample Industries Served
Tech products, mobile/online, food and bev, design studios and professionals, socially-minded businesses.

Legal Services By Small Business, For Small Business.

Unlike most law firms, we get it because we live it every day. We’re a small business, but we don’t think small, and neither do our clients. New Leaf is firm built by entrepreneurs and exclusively for entrepreneurs. We propel emerging businesses forward by taking a novel look at the role that an attorney can play in your company.

FUN FACT:

As long as you keep using your trademark it will never expire. Coca Cola has had a registered trademark since 1893!