We're a team of passionate thinkers and doers, dedicated to building with purpose and clarity.

All attorneys at MLG must have a minimum number of years of experience (i.e., 5-8 years) to work here, and the majority have prior experience in BigLaw, international law firms, or BigTech in-house legal departments before joining MLG.  As a result, you are working with lawyers who are pre-vetted and trained, not junior associates.

We serve clients who value:

• Capital Efficiency: Treating legal spend as a strategic expense to be optimized, not a status symbol.

• Direct Access & Speed: Fast execution and direct counsel contact—minus the corporate bureaucracy.

• Pragmatic Risk Management: Business-focused advice that tackles real red flags without over-negotiating standard terms to drive up fees.

Most of our startup clients are Seed through Series B enterprise SaaS/PaaS technologies, with a heavy emphasis on AI technologies. 

The small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) we serve may be industry-adjacent firms (i.e., early-stage venture firms, consulting firms, or other companies that are in the startup ecosystem), private-equity funded, middle-market businesses, or family enterprises/offices with $50-100M AUM.

• Startup Services

• SME Services

• Oversight by the Managing Attorney, Lindsey S. Mignano.

• Min. two additional counsel on each file as necessary based on task.

• LegalTech and AI technologies take care of most administrative and paralegal functions, but we also do have outsourced admins available as needed.

We strive to provide you with:

• Responsive Counsel. Fast response times by experienced counsel who understand your concerns and can answer your questions.

• Transparency. Bimonthly invoices and timely budget updates as a matter progresses.

• Convenience. Online signing and electronic storage of documents. Entirely virtual meetings. Payments via wire or credit card.

Approximately 3-4% of equity partners in BigLaw are women of color.  Very few SmallLaw corporate law firms in the venture and startup space are founded by women of color — so few, in fact, there is no statistical data available.  

Admittedly, there are great law firms everywhere.  One thing that sets our firm apart is that we believe this work can be done well by experienced attorneys, and with an emphasis on diversity.

Here’s why you choose us, separate and apart from cost:

• We are the people’s champion. We’re experienced counsel on your side. Because we mainly represent startups or SMEs — not large institutions — we know what it’s like to advocate for the little guy.

• We, too, are the little guy. Along those lines, we are the small fish in a BigLaw pond, so we know first-hand what it feels like to be in your position. You won’t feel like a small fish in a big pond here though. All of our clients are comparably sized so you are not competing against BigTech/BigCo for our attention like you would at a BigLaw firm.

• Real live human.‍ ‍So much of law has been automated, and for good reason. But some things can’t — relationships. We are the type of counsel who are responsive, approachable, and if there’s ever a problem on a file, we address it head on and quickly. You can call any of us directly and reach us the same day when navigating something thorny or uncomfortable.

• Cultural fit matters. We are entrepreneurial by nature. Most if not all of the staff have experience as business owners themselves. We’re not just lawyers practicing law academically from an ivy tower. We know what it is like to build in the trenches, and how to take educated risks.