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You’re at a stage where the smallest decisions have the biggest consequences. The way you structure the business, protect your IP, handle equity, hire, or sign your first deals will shape everything that comes next – funding, growth, valuation and even your exit. Most founders don’t realise how costly early missteps can be until they’re fixing them under pressure.
By embedding ourselves into your team, often on a fractional, in-house basis, we help you make smart calls early, avoid expensive clean-ups later, and build the foundations your future success depends on. We’ll handle legal while you build your legend.
Everything a startup needs legally — from day one supporting you as you scale — delivered with clarity, speed, and commercial insight.
If you’re innovating in a regulated or fast-moving sector, you need legal guidance that keeps pace. We help founders launch, scale and stay compliant without slowing down momentum.
When you’re pushing boundaries, our finely-tuned legal services for startups offer the clarity and confidence to move fast – without cutting corners.
The team that will lead you from idea to exit.
Tom is a technology lawyer specialising in Fintech. He trained at White & Case before leading legal functions at two award-winning UK Fintechs. In 2019, he founded Founders Law to challenge the traditional law-firm model – offering agile, cost-effective, in-house-style legal support.
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Ed leads operations at Founders Law, overseeing HQ, strategy and all things non-legal to keep the firm scaling fast. A 4× award-winning leader, he’s known for innovative thinking and sharp operational planning.
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Tilly brings a creative-agency background and a talent for turning ideas into commercial impact. She’s worked with global brands and high-growth scale-ups, helping them punch above their weight.
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Abdul Khan is a Senior Associate at Founders Law, and leads corporate and venture practice. He advises founders, high-growth companies, and investors on venture capital, growth equity, and complex fundraising transactions.
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Amy handles game-changing, law-shaping, and market-moving work in the world of Fintech. She's spent time working in-house with some of the world's most prestigious Fintech companies, including Fiserv and Worldpay.
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With 18 years of experience across private practice, in-house and HR roles, Jackie heads up the employment team at Founders Law, known for her practical advice on complex employee relations matters and strategic workforce management including founder's exists and large-scale restructures.
Get in touchWe speak founder, not legalese.
You’ll get clear, direct guidance that helps you make decisions quickly — not dense advice you need to decode.
We’ve lived the journey ourselves.
Our team has started, grown and exited businesses. All of our lawyers have worked in-house at top-tier law firms as well as in-house and scaling tech companies. We understand the pressures, the unknowns and the startup legal services that are essential for this stage of the journey.
We embed into your team.
We can embed within existing teams or structure on a fractional, in-house basis to supercharge efficiency. Think of us as (much better value) in-house legal, on demand – there to power ambition from idea to exit.
Sector expertise that matches the modern start-up landscape.
From commercial and corporate matters to fundraising, data privacy, employment law, and IP and copyright — we support tech businesses across the spectrum.
A partnership that transformed legal operations.
Learn how we partnered with Vizzy to help them navigate the dynamic world of SaaS.
We act as an extension of your team and handle any overflow in specialist areas.
Working across five continents, operating in multiple sectors, with over 400 clients.
Offices in London | Dubai.
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