Practice Areas
At VMG Business Advisory PLLC, I provide targeted legal services designed to support businesses, founders, funds, and investors through all stages of growth and transactions. My experience includes:
Corporate Governance
Advising companies, boards, and executives on governance matters, fiduciary duties, corporate structure, and internal policies to ensure compliant and effective management.
Private Placements & Securities
Structuring and documenting private offerings of securities, including early-stage equity rounds, convertible notes, SAFE instruments, and compliance with federal and state securities regulations.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Handling business purchase and sale transactions, including asset purchases, stock sales, mergers, joint ventures, and complex negotiation of deal terms.
Venture Capital & SAFE Negotiation
Counseling startup founders and venture investors in negotiating investment rounds, including seed, Series A, and later-stage financing transactions using SAFE agreements, convertible notes, or priced equity rounds.
Start-Up Counseling
Providing strategic legal counsel to startups on entity formation, founder agreements, intellectual property protection, contract negotiation, and general business matters.
Guiding companies through drafting and negotiating SAFE, convertible, and priced-equity instruments that balance investor flexibility with founder control, while advising on corporate governance, vesting structures, and cap-table modeling to clarify dilution scenarios and prepare for future rounds or acquisitions.
Helping businesses explore practical and compliant ways to integrate AI tools into their operations, focusing on efficiency, risk awareness, and responsible adoption.
Professional Service Entities
Advising regulated professional service firms on entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, ongoing regulatory compliance, ownership structuring, and transactional matters specific to licensed professions.
Not for Profit Entities
Advising nonprofit organizations on formation, governance, and compliance, helping founders and boards establish and maintain 501(c) exempt entities efficiently and lawfully.
Outside General Counsel Services
Serving as trusted ongoing legal counsel to businesses without full-time in-house counsel, assisting with commercial contracts, employment matters, regulatory compliance, and day-to-day legal issues.
Nuclear Startup Advisory
Advising multiple small modular reactor (SMR) startups on corporate governance, equity structures, regulatory strategy, and venture financing.
