Counsel across the life of your business.

Engagements are tailored to founders, growth companies, and investors — from the first entity filing to the deal that scales you.

Contracts

Many people can write what you tell them to write in a contract. The reason you hire Jeff is for the things you never thought of.

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Business Structure

Structuring is a puzzle whose pieces fit together many ways. Jeff helps you choose the right entity and jurisdiction — typically Delaware or California — for liability, tax, and growth.

Trademarks & IP

Federal trademark search, registration, and strategy before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office — developing your marks into valuable assets, drawing on a career with major brands.

Start-Ups & Business Plans

What an entrepreneur needs isn't someone who writes what they're told — it's someone who asks the questions and writes what the entrepreneur never thought of. That's why you hire Jeff.

Entertainment

Educated in Los Angeles, Jeff has spent a career in and around the entertainment business — spanning live entertainment, brand management, and licensing.

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Hospitality

Hospitality has been a lifelong focus — because these are businesses about people, not just technology. Making people happy is something Jeff is genuinely passionate about.

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Food & Beverage

Jeff has been involved with, owned, or helped open 15 restaurants in 5 countries and hospitality venues across 9 countries — and can help you, too.

M&A & Financing

Asset purchases, stock sales, due diligence, and letters of intent — plus convertible notes, SAFEs, and investor agreements when it's time to raise capital.

General Counsel Support

Day-to-day transactional support for growth companies and entrepreneurs who need a seasoned legal and financial mind on call.

Matters are handled under California, Delaware, and federal law, and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Jeff is admitted in California.

How Jeff Works

A financial lens on every legal question.

Jeff's combined legal and financial background lets him negotiate and draft agreements with a clear understanding of how legal terms translate into practical business and financial reality. Clients have saved millions through strategic structuring, risk reduction, and thorough contract negotiation.

He reads a contract the way a business owner reads it — for what actually happens next: anticipating the disputes, the tax consequences, and the leverage points before you sign, not after.

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Typical engagements

  • Contracts & commercial agreements (MSAs, NDAs, SaaS, licensing)
  • Entity formation & corporate structuring
  • Trademark search, filing & brand licensing
  • M&A: asset purchases, stock sales, due diligence, LOIs
  • Equity & financing: convertible notes, SAFEs, private placements
  • Ongoing general counsel & deal support

Ready when you are

Tell Jeff what you’re building.

Typical response within 0–4 hours. Serving startups, executives, and investors worldwide.

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