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.

Most of our startup clients are 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 for early stage (Seed through Series B) startups, 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;

• General corporate due diligence and clean up in preparation for a raise or sale, including due diligence and clean up related to stock grants, IP assignments, commercial contracts, etc.; 

• 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; and

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

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

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

• Office Manager who assists with basic secretarial items using LegalTech and AI technologies.

• 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.