Our business lawyers move quickly and deliver results for our clients.
Sunder Legal is a Seattle-based business law firm dedicated to serving businesses, founders, and entrepreneurs. We provide businesses with a full suite of legal services – from formation, to fund raising, to negotiating commercial agreements, to purchase and sale. We are former big-law and big-tech legal talent that leverages its experience to represent startups, founders, and small and medium sized businesses.
We understand that for a business to be successful, it needs to dedicate its limited resources to serving its customers and growing its business. When our clients engage us, they are looking for high value, high impact legal service that will move the needle and protect their interests.
Sunder Legal’s business lawyers have the knowledge and experience to provide you and your business top tier, high value legal representation. We are proud of the reputation we have built, working with both startups, small businesses, and larger organizations. No matter the size of your business, our business lawyers will make you feel well-represented and proud to say “you can call my lawyer – Sunder Legal.”
Our business lawyers offer legal counsel that includes :
- Corporate entity formation and creation
- Commercial contracts
- Purchase and sale agreements
- Startup fundraising
- Minority Investments, Stockholder Agreements, and Partnership Agreements
- General, day-to-day corporate and operational legal advice
- Influencer marketing
- Intellectual Property Licensing
We Understand Business
Our founder, Alykhan Sunderji is a former senior Amazon attorney and technology executive with over a decade of experience providing legal advice to businesses. Sunder Legal was founded on the idea of providing businesses with actionable, straightforward legal advice. We believe that legal risk is business risk and that lawyers should provide their clients with recommendations grounded in actual dollars and cents.
Good lawyers tell you what you can’t do. Great lawyers tell you what you can.
Business Law Practice Areas
Sunder Legal provides a range of business law services, including startup formation packages, contract negotiations, executive compensation packages, purchase and sales, fundraising, advertising and marketing, and more.
Startup Formation Packages
We can help form your business entity by drafting and filing the proper documentation. This includes the following:
- Articles of incorporation
- Articles of Organization
- Corporate Bylaws
- Employment Contracts
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Intellectual Property Agreements
- Operating Agreements
- Partnership Agreements
Commercial Agreements
Commercial contracts can include hidden pitfalls for business owners and executives who do not deal with contract language on a daily basis. Our business lawyers will draft, review and negotiate your contracts using their experience representing some of the largest corporations in America and some of the most successful small and family businesses in Washington. We help protect your business, by ensuring that you have a complete understanding of your business’s rights and responsibilities when entering and negotiating commercial agreements.
Purchase and Sale
We draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements for businesses – including asset purchase agreements and stock purchase agreements. As experienced business lawyers, we are here to provide you with sound legal counsel throughout this process, all while safeguarding your company’s best interests.
Furthermore, we work with a network of specialists from litigators to accountants who share our business and client-first approach, and can help you solve a host of business law issues.
Fundraising and Corporate Finance
We have significant experience working with startups to raise financing. We can deftly advise you from SAFE, to SEED, to Series A. We are experts in the most commonly used agreements – from Y-Combinator’s SAFE Agreement to the National Venture Capital Association’s Model Series A investment documents.
We guide our clients from term sheet, to due diligence, to definitive documents, to securities filings.
Executive Compensation
Executive compensation packages can be complicated for small businesses and startups. We help startups draft and form their executive compensation packages, including options plans and profits interest plans. We will work closely with your tax advisor or refer you to one of the many we regularly work with. We also advise individuals to help them negotiate the best benefits and incentives for when they join a new startup.
