Outside GC
Outside General Counsel for Startups and Growth Companies
For startups, venture-backed companies, operators, and growth companies that need recurring legal judgment across contracts, governance, financings, employment questions, investor issues, and strategic decisions.
Based in New York. Working with clients across the U.S. and internationally.
Working Across Markets
Jason is based in New York and works with startup, venture-backed, and growth-company clients across the U.S. and internationally on transactional, corporate, commercial, governance, financing, and outside general counsel matters. He also works with companies in Westchester and the Hudson Valley on startup, venture, corporate transaction, and outside general counsel needs.
More on work with companies in Westchester and the Hudson ValleyHow Jason Helps
Serve as a practical legal point person for recurring corporate, commercial, governance, financing, and strategic questions.
Help operators separate actual legal risk from business leverage, negotiation posture, and timing pressure.
Coordinate legal work around the company’s stage, runway, customers, investors, employees, and transaction calendar.
When It Helps to Talk
When to Reach Out
- The company has recurring legal questions but does not need or want a full-time in-house legal hire.
- The team needs a steady legal point of contact for contracts, governance, financings, investor issues, hiring, equity, or risk triage.
- The business is moving faster than the documents and needs help getting the legal function organized.
Common Matters
- Commercial contract review and negotiation.
- Board, stockholder, option, and corporate governance support.
- Financing, investor, customer, vendor, hiring, and equity questions.
- Diligence preparation, dispute avoidance, transaction readiness, and legal project management.
FAQ
What does outside general counsel mean for a startup?
It means ongoing legal judgment across the issues that come up as the business operates, raises money, signs customers, hires people, manages investors, and prepares for transactions.
Do you work with companies outside New York?
Yes. Jason is based in New York and works with clients across the U.S. and internationally on startup, venture capital, corporate transaction, commercial contract, governance, and outside general counsel matters.
When does a startup need outside general counsel?
Usually when legal questions stop being one-off documents and start showing up across contracts, hiring, governance, financing, investor requests, equity, and strategic decisions.
What does outside general counsel support usually include?
It can include commercial contracts, governance, financing support, investor communications, equity matters, hiring and contractor issues, strategic transactions, and practical legal judgment across recurring company needs.
What makes outside GC work effective?
Good outside GC work is usually about judgment, prioritization, and follow-through. Some issues need a fast answer. Some need better documents. Some need to wait until the business decision is clearer.
Related Focus Areas
Adjacent work that often comes up in the same conversation.
Contact
Discuss a potential matter.
Email Jason or schedule an intro to talk through what you are building, financing, negotiating, buying, selling, or cleaning up.