We don't hand you off
We act on priced rounds from pre-seed and seed through Series A and beyond, so the lawyer who gets your company raise-ready early on can stay with you as the round gets bigger.
Split into four fixed-fee milestones agreed before we start. No hourly billing.
Why continuity matters at Series A
Many founders get raise-ready with a solo or boutique practice, then hand their company to a large law firm the moment a Series A term sheet arrives. The new firm bills by the hour to learn the company from the beginning: re-reviewing the cap table, re-reading contractor deeds, and working out how early SAFEs converted at seed.
When we have looked after your company from the early stages, we already know your corporate history, your cap table, and your IP chain of title. We know which contractors assigned their IP, which board minutes approved early option pools, and how your register reconciles to ASIC records.
You don't pay a new team thousands of dollars to read your old files from scratch, and you deal directly with the lawyer who set them up.
What we act on
We act for the company across equity rounds, bridge notes, secondary sales and exits.
| Stage | What we do |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed, Seed & Series A | Term sheet review and negotiation, subscription and shareholders agreements, disclosure letter, due diligence responses and completion. |
| Series B and later | Later-stage equity rounds, including cap table or governance clean-up from earlier raises. |
| Secondaries | Founder and employee share sales and liquidity transfers. |
| Bridge and extension rounds | Convertible notes, SAFEs and equity top-ups between priced rounds. |
| Exits | Trade sales and business or asset sales. |
Tax structuring on secondaries and exits is referred to a specialist tax adviser.
How milestone pricing works
Each stage of a priced round is quoted as a fixed fee before work starts.
| Milestone | What it covers |
|---|---|
01Term sheet | Reviewing and negotiating the lead investor term sheet and advising on round structure. |
02Due diligence & disclosures | Helping you respond to investor due diligence requests and preparing the disclosure letter. |
03Transaction documents | Drafting, reviewing and negotiating the Subscription Agreement, Shareholders Deed and Constitution. |
04Signing & completion | Note and SAFE conversions, board and shareholder resolutions, pre-emptive rights waivers, signing, share certificates, register updates and ASIC Form 484 instructions. |
How milestone billing works
All four milestones are quoted and agreed in writing before we start.
If the scope changes mid-round, we agree any fee adjustment with you in writing before doing the extra work.
If a round doesn't proceed, you aren't charged for future stages. Completed stages are billed at the agreed milestone fee, and any stage underway is billed in proportion to the work done (capped at that stage's fee).
All prices are in Australian dollars (AUD) and are the total professional fee you pay. Fixed fees cover our professional fees only and exclude statutory ASIC filing fees, registry search fees, and other third-party disbursements, which are passed on at cost where required.
Planning an upcoming round?
We only run a small number of priced rounds at a time so Olena can stay across your deal from term sheet to completion. If you have a target timeline or an incoming term sheet, let us know early so we can reserve capacity around your closing window.
Currently taking on new rounds
General information only. No guarantee of round completion or specific investor terms.