SERVICES
Legal Department
for Startups
We provide your startup with a dedicated legal team for ongoing support with your daily legal inquiries.
This team functions as your in-house legal department, supporting your staff with internal company matters.
For specific projects or one-time needs, we also offer specialized, on-demand services.
Day-to-Day Legal Ops
Contract Drafting & Negotiation
Partner Agreements
Investment Rounds
Terms of Service & Data Privacy
Our Plans
We offer Legal Department flexible plans tailored to the region where your startup operates and the level of support you need. You can choose between two credit packages, Essential or Plus, in your region:
Startups with operations in Latin America and/or holding companies in the United States.
Essential
10 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 60 min. of legal support in LATAM
- 40 min. of legal support in the USA
Plus
20 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 60 min. of legal support in LATAM
- 40 min. of legal support in the USA
Startups based or expanding within the European Union and/or the United Kingdom.
Essential
10 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 60 min. of legal support in the EU
- 40 min. of legal support in the UK
Plus
20 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 60 min. of legal support in the UE
- 40 min. of legal support in the UK
Startups with a global presence and legal coordination between the Americas and Europe.
Essential
10 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 120 min. of legal support in LATAM
- 80 min. of legal support in the USA
- 60 min. of legal support in the EU
- 40 min. of legal support in the UK
Plus
20 credits /month
1 credit equals:
- 120 min. of legal support in LATAM
- 80 min. of legal support in the USA
- 60 min. of legal support in the EU
- 40 min. of legal support in the UK
Seed Plan
Ideal for early-stage startups looking to build a solid legal foundation.
10 hours
of monthly legal support
Includes:
- General commercial legal advice for one (1) corporate structure.
- Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts.
- Preparation of Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policies.
- Drafting and responding to formal communications.
- Internal legal administration and monthly reports.
Growth Plan
Designed for startups in the expansion stage that require more consistent legal support.
15 hours
of monthly legal support
Seed Plan services plus:
- General commercial legal advice for two (2) corporate structures – local subsidiary and holding company.
- Preparation of legal documentation for investment rounds – including a holding vehicle in the U.S.
- Structuring employee benefit plans, including vesting schemes and stock options.
- Drafting and review of international employment and service contracts.
Scale-up Plan
A comprehensive plan, aimed at established startups that require ongoing and strategic legal support.
20 hours
of monthly legal support
Growth Plan services plus:
- Global legal assistance in our regions of operation – Argentina, Brazil, New York, and Europe.
- Preparation of one (1) comprehensive regulatory legal report per month.
- Advanced negotiation of legal documents and contracts.
- Advice on international investment structures.
Enterprise Plan
Specially tailored to the client’s needs for outsourcing the company’s legal operations.
Includes tailored services, specially selected for each case.
- Legal Ops outsourcing for specific business sectors.
- Legal Ops outsourcing for high-volume portfolio management – consumer protection, labor and administrative law.
- Secondments for business unit expansion.
- Secondments for international expansion.
- Compliance and regulatory.
FAQ
The Legal Department operates as an in-house legal team, supporting your startup in the daily management of its legal matters. Communication is direct and fluid through a Slack or WhatsApp group, connecting the Lawi team with your startup’s key departments to ensure agile and frictionless coordination.
It includes, among others:
- Commercial legal advice on corporate structuring and financing.
- Drafting and reviewing of general contracts (founders’ agreements, service contracts, partnerships, intellectual property, employment, investment, etc.).
- Preparation and updating of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.
- Assistance to product, operations, and marketing teams with day-to-day legal matters.
- Legal review of UX, disclaimers, and regulatory compliance for launching financial or tech products.
- Contractual implementation of local regulatory changes, legal impact analysis, and data privacy compliance.
- Coordination of judicial proceedings (consumer defense, labor, etc.) with external law firms.
The Legal Department for Startups does not include services involving the filing or management of administrative or judicial proceedings before public authorities. Such matters can be quoted and hired separately.
Credits are counted as follows, depending on the plan:
- Americas Plan: 1 credit equals 60 minutes of legal support in Latin American countries, or 40 minutes of legal support in the United States.
- Europe Plan: 1 credit equals 60 minutes of legal support in European Union countries, or 40 minutes of legal support in the United Kingdom.
- Global Plan: 1 credit equals 240 minutes of legal support in Latin American countries, or 80 minutes of legal support in the United States, or 60 minutes in European Union countries, or 40 minutes in the United Kingdom.
Minutes exceeding the plan’s credits will be charged as additional credits and invoiced bimonthly, together with a detailed report of credits used during that period. The value of each additional credit depends on the region of the contracted plan: in the Americas Region, USD 80.00; in the Europe Region, EUR 135.00; in the Global Region, USD 160.00. The client is informed before reaching the monthly credit limit.
Unused monthly credits can be accumulated and offset within the corresponding two-month period (i.e., they may be used in the previous or following month within the same bimonthly cycle, as applicable).
The Legal Department for Startups service is contracted for an indefinite term. Either the client or Lawi must provide at least 30 (thirty) days’ prior notice to terminate the service. In all cases, a minimum service term of 6 (six) months must be observed.
“We found in Lawi a great ally who supports us in the varied and volatile challenges inherent to Latin American technology startups.”
“In Lawi, we found a partner capable of adapting to our legal needs through the implementation of a collaborative approach.”
“The Lawi team was truly responsive and responsive. I recommend Lawi to all startups looking to expand their business to Brazil.”
“Having a legal team like Lawi’s, capable of providing us with advice, answers, and solutions we need quickly and tailored to our needs, is key for a growing company like ours.”
- Shareholders' Agreement
- Founder Vesting Agreement
- ESOP & Phantom Shares
- Software Development Contract
- Assignment of Intellectual Property
- Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
- SAFE & Convertible Notes
- Confidentiality Agreement - NDA
- Service Agreement
- Employment Contracts
- Regulatory Legal Opinion
- Ethics Manual
- Many more...
