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 founders 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 SMEs we serve may be industry-adjacent firms (i.e., CFO firms, early-stage venture firms, HR consulting firms, or other companies that are in the startup ecosystem), or private-equity funded, middle-market businesses.

• SAFE note or priced round raises, including bridge/extension rounds.

• Buy-side or sell-side acquisitions, including asset sales plus acquihires or entity acquisitions, including due diligence and any novations of existing customer contracts;

• Flips from abroad entity structures to a DE C Corp structure for the purposes of procuring American venture capital, and the related priced round;

• Corporate restructuring in order to achieve tax optimization, in preparation for a raise or sale, or in connection with a cofounder exits/business divorce;

• Commercial/technology transactions (i.e., MSAs, Vendor Agreements, SaaS/PaaS Licensing Agreements, etc.);

• IP sales/spinouts, particularly transferring IP out of consulting businesses into a C Corp structure for QSBS or venture capital fundraising purposes;

• Privacy and product counseling related to product launches and pivots;

• Family office and family enterprise planning including U.S. market entry, including holding company and multi-entity structuring; joint ventures and strategic partnerships; family office investments; business separations and succession planning; and general counsel and tax legal services.

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

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

• Paralegal and/or legal secretary to assist with basic paralegal and secretarial items using LegalTech and AI technologies.

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 early stage venture capital firms — 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.