Entrepreneur Services
Legal support for ventures at their earliest stages — the right structure from day one.
We stand beside entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their ventures to secure a sound, sustainable legal launch — starting with the right legal form for the project.
Our services include
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Choosing the Optimal Legal Entity
Counsel on the most suitable legal vehicle given the nature of the activity and the investment objectives.
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Foundational Legal Advice
Comprehensive support through the establishment phase, laying sound regulatory foundations for the venture.
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Legal Awareness
Guidance on the regulatory requirements and legal obligations relevant to the business.
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Representation in Meetings
Attending meetings with authorities or partners and providing the legal support that keeps the business sustainable.
What Gets Built Before the Entity
The founders’ agreement
Equity split, each founder’s role and commitment, and what happens to the shares of anyone who leaves early — settled before the subject becomes delicate.
Ownership of the product
Making sure what has been built — code, design, content — belongs to the venture and not to individuals or contractors, through express terms in every engagement.
The trademark
Clearing the name before adopting it and registering the mark under Law No. 9 of 2002, so the brand does not have to be rebuilt after launch.
Copyright and software
Protection of works and computer programs under Law No. 7 of 2002 — protection that arises on creation, with no registration required.
Inventions
Assessing protectability under Law No. 30 of 2006 on patents where there is a genuinely protectable technical innovation.
Early contracts
Agreements with the first customers, suppliers and independent contractors — usually the first documents signed without review, and the first to be disputed.
What We Handle for Founders
- Founders’ agreements and equity splits
- Vesting and leaver provisions
- Assignment of intellectual property to the entity
- Trademark registration
- Contractor and early-employee agreements
- Confidentiality before investor meetings
- Review of funding-round terms
- Due-diligence readiness
How We Work
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Before the ink
Founders agree equity, roles and exit while they still agree — not after they fall out. It is the cheapest legal hour a venture will ever spend.
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Consolidating the IP
Confirming everything built belongs to the entity: assignment provisions in contractor agreements, and regularising whatever was created before incorporation.
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Protecting the name
Clearing and registering the mark in the right classes, before money goes into brand and marketing.
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Funding readiness
Organising documents, records and contracts so the venture survives due diligence without stalling the round — disorder in the paperwork depresses valuations or kills deals.
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Reviewing investor terms
Explaining the term sheet in plain language: valuation, preference, control over decisions and exit rights, and what each provision actually means for the founders.
Frequently Asked Questions
When do I need a lawyer — before or after incorporation? +
Before. Most startup disputes that reach us stem from an oral understanding between founders, or intellectual property that was never transferred to the company. Fixing that after a falling-out costs many times what organising it at the outset would have.
We are friends — do we really need a written agreement? +
Yes, precisely because you are friends. The agreement is not an expression of distrust; it decides what happens in the situations nobody wants to imagine: a founder leaving, a downturn, an offer to buy. Its absence is the most common reason early partnerships collapse.
Will an NDA protect my idea? +
A confidentiality agreement protects the information disclosed within its terms, but a bare idea is not protected in itself. What is protectable is its expression, the mark, the product and a patentable invention. We tell founders what can genuinely be protected and what cannot, rather than selling inaccurate reassurance.
A developer built the product — who owns it? +
It depends on the engagement and what it says. Without an express assignment, a venture can find it does not own its own product — a problem that usually surfaces at an investor’s first review. We look at contractor agreements early and regularise what came before.
Should I register the trademark before launch? +
Clear the name before adopting it and begin registration early. Renaming a venture after it has built an audience costs far more than checking first.
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