Venture capital lawyer or law firm recommendation and referral

Andy Lau has substantial experience representing pe/vc funds, investment banks and startup and growth companies in pe/vc investments, M&A, IPO and capital markets transactions. For a preliminary consultation, please email him at andy@askventure.com.

I have written a lot of posts on this website about venture capital funding and have received a lot of emails from readers thanking me for such great help – some on the posts I wrote, on advice I gave them through emails, and on the Askventure.com cap table which they can download free from my website. If you haven’t downloaded my Askventure.com cap table, please do so now. It’s free.

If you’ve been approached by a potential investor and have been given a term sheet (aka letter of intent or mou), chances are you will need to hire your own venture capital attorney. This is not easy, for several reasons.

1. Lawyers are expensive. Some may charge over US$800 per hour.
2. Lawyers are everywhere. Do a search on the internet and you will be able to find a list of lawyers in your area.
3. Some lawyers are better lawyers and others. But you may not know who are good and who aren’t.

Personally, I have worked with many venture capital and private equity lawyers based in the US and Asia. I have a fair idea of how much they cost and their experience. If you have doubts as to which lawyer to hire, feel free to get in touch. I can provide you with some basic information that can help you search a lawyer that best fits your case.

Related posts:

1. Download Sample Share Cap Table Template of a Venture Capital Term Sheet
2. Confidentiality agreement or NDA – return or destruction of confidential information
3. What is a venture capital term sheet? Is a Series A term sheet binding?
4. Confidentiality agreement or NDA – restricted use of confidential information
5. Venture capital exits – trade sale vs IPO – compared and analyzed

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