Startup Ventures

Harris St. Laurent represents startups, founders, and investors in formation, financing, governance, employment matters, and disputes. We combine transactional insight and litigation experience to guide emerging companies through growth, compliance, partnerships, and founder conflicts.

New enterprises face complex challenges as they grow, from structuring the business, raising capital, and negotiating key relationships to protecting intellectual property and navigating founder, investor, and employment dynamics.

We have advised lead investors in seed financings, guided startups through formation, and represented founders and partners in high-stakes disputes involving valuation, governance, and joint ventures. We also prosecute and defend claims in in court and arbitration, helping clients resolve complex founder and partnership conflicts.