Massage the relationship. Manage the risk.

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• 01

  You're signing term sheets, SAFEs and shareholders' agreements that no one on your side has actually read.

  We sit on your side of the table and translate every clause into plain commercial English — what it costs you, what's market, and what to push back on.

• 02

  Your cap table and founder arrangements were never properly papered — and a round, or a split, is forcing the issue.

  We clean it up before it becomes a dispute: founder agreements, vesting, equity splits and option pools, documented properly the first time.

• 03

  You can't justify a full-time GC, but legal questions arrive every week — and a big-firm meter is terrifying.

  A general retainer gives you a lawyer on call without a full-time cost — predictable, fairly priced, and you stay in control of spend.

• 04

  Most lawyers draft contracts built to win the fight. Yours need to keep the relationship working.

  We draft for the relationship first — clear, fair and enforceable — so the deal holds together long after signing.

• 05

  You're going cross-border — PRC, Cayman, BVI, Singapore — and don't know what's “market.”

  Cross-border structuring is core to our practice — and where a matter needs another specialist, we bring them in and manage them for you.

• 06

  Departures, down-rounds, the hard conversations — no template covers these.

  We've handled the difficult ones before. We tell you straight what your options are — not what you want to hear.

• 07

  You want to set up an ESOP or share-option scheme to attract and keep key hires — but don't know how big the pool should be, how it vests, or what it costs you.

  We design and document the scheme end to end — pool size, vesting, exercise and leaver terms — sized to your cap table and your next round.

• 08

  Your IP — code, brand, designs — may not actually be owned by the company; it can still sit with founders, contractors or past employees.

  We make sure the company owns what it's built on: founder and employee IP assignment, contractor terms, trademarks and licensing.

• 01

  You need in-house legal cover — but a full department, with headcount and overheads, doesn't make sense.

  We act as your outsourced legal team, or second a lawyer into your business — in-house responsiveness, without the fixed headcount.

• 02

  You assume the more international the firm, the more sophisticated the work — so a matter this important must need a big global name, and the price tag that comes with it.

  It doesn't follow. OLN is a substantial full-service firm — and a member of GlobaLaw, a network of mid-size firms across 75+ jurisdictions with greater combined reach than any single global brand. You get senior, direct attention, plus that bench when a matter crosses borders — without paying for an international letterhead.

• 03

  Legal spend is unpredictable and hard to budget — the bill always arrives after the work, never before.

  We scope fixed fees and retainers up front, so you know the cost before we start and stay in control of spend.

• 04

  Acquisitions, key commercial contracts and board governance need senior legal eyes you don't keep in-house.

  We run M&A, high-value commercial agreements and governance end to end — and manage any specialists the deal needs.

• 05

  You're launching a new product or business line and aren't sure of the licensing, structuring and regulatory footprint.

  We map the legal and regulatory path for the new line — structure, licensing and contracts — so you launch clean.

• 06

  You're expanding into new markets — the Mainland, Singapore, offshore — and don't know what's “market” or compliant locally.

  Cross-border structuring is core to our practice; we set up the right vehicles and bring in and manage local counsel where needed.

• 07

  Hiring, restructuring and senior exits keep raising employment-law questions — sometimes across more than one jurisdiction.

  We handle employment end to end — contracts, policies, restructurings and exits — with cross-border coordination where you need it.

• 08

  A dispute is brewing and you want it resolved commercially — not turned into a war that wrecks the relationship and the budget.

  We manage disputes pragmatically — settle where it's smart, hold firm where it's right — and bring in litigators we trust when a matter has to be fought.