Counsel that scales
with your ambition.
Corporate & Business Law
A trusted partner from formation to exit.
Companies don't fail because of legal complexity — they fail when legal foundations are treated as paperwork. The PLK Law Group serves as outside general counsel to founders, family-owned businesses and growth-stage companies who want a partner who understands the business as well as the statute.
We handle the unsexy work that actually matters: formation, governance, commercial contracts, employment, financing, and the quiet preparation that makes a future exit possible.
The promise is simple — senior attention, fixed scopes, and counsel that anticipates the next quarter rather than reacts to the last one.
Core Disciplines
Four practice areas.
One business partner.
Formation, contracts, governance and growth — coordinated by one team that knows your cap table by heart.
Entity Formation
LLCs, S-corps, C-corps and partnerships — chosen for tax, liability and exit posture.
Commercial Contracts
Master services, NDAs, vendor and customer agreements drafted with your business in mind.
Governance & HR
Bylaws, operating agreements, board minutes and employment counsel that hold up under scrutiny.
Growth & M&A
Financings, joint ventures and acquisitions — quiet diligence, decisive negotiation.
Capabilities
A closer look at how we work alongside founders.
Formation & Structure
Built right from day one.
Choosing an entity is easy; structuring it for funding, taxes and a clean exit is the work. We pair entity selection with founders' agreements, equity vesting, IP assignments and the operational policies that prevent the most expensive disputes from ever happening.
- Entity selection (LLC, S-corp, C-corp)
- Operating & shareholder agreements
- Founders' equity & vesting
- IP assignment & inventor agreements
- Multi-state qualification
Contracts & Commercial
The paperwork that runs your business.
Every recurring contract is a piece of operational infrastructure. We draft template MSAs, SOWs, NDAs and vendor agreements that your team can actually use — and we negotiate the bespoke deals where the stakes call for senior attention.
- Master services & SOW templates
- Mutual & one-way NDAs
- Vendor & supplier agreements
- SaaS & licensing deals
- Distribution & reseller terms
Governance & Compliance
Boards, books and the bylaws nobody reads — until they have to.
We keep the corporate housekeeping current: board consents, minute books, equity ledgers and policies that meet investor and acquirer diligence the first time around. When the unexpected happens, you find the document on the first try.
- Board minutes & consents
- Equity ledger & cap-table hygiene
- Annual reports & state filings
- Employee handbooks & policies
- Privacy & data-handling compliance
Track Record
Boutique service.
Big-firm bench.
Senior partner attention on every matter — at fee structures designed for businesses that still count every dollar.
- 10+
- Years Counsel
- To founders & family businesses
- 100s
- Contracts Drafted
- Across SaaS, retail & services
- $100M+
- Deal Value
- Negotiated and papered
- 1:1
- Partner Access
- No call screening, ever
How We Work
A four-step path to operational clarity.
Predictable scopes. Senior attention. A working rhythm built around your operating cadence — not the firm's billing cycle.
- 01
Business Audit
We map entity structure, contracts, IP, employment and compliance to surface the highest-leverage fixes first.
- 02
Foundation Build
Formation documents, equity, IP assignments and template contracts — installed cleanly and explained plainly.
- 03
Operating Cadence
A monthly working rhythm: contract review, board housekeeping, employment questions and quick-turn counsel.
- 04
Growth & Exit
When the financing, joint venture or acquisition arrives, your house is already in order — diligence becomes a footnote.
When the Stakes Rise
Counsel for the moments that matter most.
Most legal work is preventive. Some moments — a key hire, a financing round, a contract dispute, an acquisition offer — call for a senior advocate at the table. We are built for both.
- M&A Negotiation
Buy-side and sell-side representation through closing.
- Financing Rounds
Convertible notes, SAFEs and priced equity rounds.
- Commercial Disputes
Pre-litigation strategy, mediation and resolution.
- Crisis Counsel
Employment, regulatory and contractual emergencies.
Run Your Business, Not Your Paperwork