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SECTOR GROUP · FOUNDERS & ENTREPRENEURS

FOUNDERS & ENTREPRENEURS

Legal infrastructure for founders building companies that cross borders. From co-founder agreements to Series A, international expansion to exit — WLA gives founders access to the same Institutional quality legal resource as their institutional investors, in every market they enter.

90+
Jurisdictions
48H
Response
WLA
Institutional Quality
1
Point of Contact
THE FOUNDER LEGAL JOURNEY
1
FORMATION
Co-Founder Agreements & Incorporation
WLA: Right structure in the right jurisdiction from day one
2
IP & PRODUCT
IP Assignment & Protection
WLA: IP assigned correctly, protected in key markets
3
FIRST FUNDING
Seed & Series A Documentation
WLA: Investment terms reviewed across all investor jurisdictions
4
FIRST HIRES
Employment in Multiple Jurisdictions
WLA: Employment contracts in every market simultaneously
5
EXPANSION
Market Entry in New Territories
WLA: Entity, data, regulatory, IP — one co-practice team
6
EXIT
Strategic Sale or IPO Preparation
WLA: Exit legal across all jurisdictions, one team, one timeline
THE FOUNDER LEGAL CHECKLIST

WHAT FOUNDERS GET WRONG
AND HOW WLA FIXES IT.

FOUNDER LEGAL CHECKLIST — COMMON GAPS
Co-founder agreement with IP assignment, vesting schedule, and departure provisions signed
All founder IP assigned to the company — including pre-incorporation work
Incorporation in the right jurisdiction for your investor and product profile
ESOP pool sized, structured, and documented for Series A
Privacy policy and terms of service compliant in every jurisdiction where you have users
Employment contracts for all employees — not just offer letters — in every jurisdiction
Data processing agreements with all processors and sub-processors (GDPR requirement)
Trademark registered in all jurisdictions where you operate or plan to expand
Cap table documentation and shareholder register maintained accurately and up to date
Transfer pricing documentation if you have entities in multiple jurisdictions
WLA GIVES FOUNDERS THE SAME INSTITUTIONAL LEGAL RESOURCE AS THEIR INVESTORS HAVE.

Founders consistently face the same structural problem: their institutional investors — the VCs, the PE funds, the strategics — have access to the best legal resource in every jurisdiction. The founders typically don't. The result is information and negotiation asymmetry at exactly the wrong moment.

WLA changes that. The same co-practice framework that WLA delivers to multinational GC teams and private equity funds is available to founders building globally-ambitious companies. One brief. WLA-Qualified specialists in every jurisdiction you operate in. 48-hour response.

Co-founder agreements, IP assignment, and incorporation — structured correctly from day one
Investment round documentation reviewed by WLA specialists across all investor jurisdictions
Employment in every new market — entered simultaneously with one WLA brief
Cross-border data compliance — GDPR, DPDP, PDPA — managed as one programme not separate engagements
Exit legal co-practiced across all jurisdictions simultaneously — one WLA team, one timeline
BRIEF WLA ON YOUR STARTUP OR SCALE-UP LEGAL MATTER. 48 HOURS.