Startup & Tech Law
IP Licensing, Commercial Contracts, Product Counseling

Bringing engineering, product, and operational experience to help teams scale and build strong businesses

Services

As a strategic partner, we focus on a personal relationship with our clients to help them meet their business goals and enable growth, while taking smart risks.

We serve technology companies from Seed through pre-IPO in SaaS, AI, food tech, hardware, automotive, software, B2B marketplaces, and others, in these areas:

IP Licensing & Transfer

  • Patents, trademarks & copyright licensing
  • IP ownership transfer (company spin-outs & asset sales)
  • Strategic partnerships

Commercial Contracts

  • SaaS Agreements, Data and AI licensing agreements
  • Distribution agreements (reseller, referral, OEM, partnerships)
  • DPAs, MTAs, MSAs, NDAs, Terms of Service, Privacy Policies
  • Template and playbook creation and updates

Counseling

  • Product counseling supporting features from launch to future updates
  • Legal and operations strategy for scalable growth & acquisition
  • Sales team training for streamlining sales pipelines and getting to revenue faster
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About

Michelle Ma advises startups and growth stage tech companies on commercial contracts, product and IP issues, and business and legal strategy for growth and preparing for acquisition. Prior to starting her practice, she worked in WSGR's Technology Transactions Group, spent time in-house at a pre-IPO tech company handling all commercial contracts and licenses, served as executive in several early stage startups, and founded her own legal tech startup.
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