Corporate and Transactional Lawyer Playbooks
M&A due diligence, financing instruments, 409A valuations, schedule drafting, and entity selection for corporate lawyers, deal counsel, and founder-side counsel.
- Legal AI for Corporate Counsel: Deals, Diligence, and Entity Work in 2026Legal AI for corporate counsel in 2026: where it earns its keep on NDAs, MSAs, M&A diligence, and term sheets, and where judgment stays human.Oct 14, 2025
- M&A Due Diligence: The Legal Workstream Checklist for 2026M&A due diligence legal checklist for 2026: the 8 workstreams, AI inventory, privacy class actions, BIPA, HSR, and the issues that kill middle-market deals.Sep 11, 2025
- SAFE vs Convertible Note vs Priced Round: A 2026 Practitioner's GuideSAFE vs convertible note vs priced round in 2026: which instrument to use, real dilution math at $2M and $3M raises, the tax and QSBS traps, and what startup counsel actually drafts.Sep 24, 2025
- The 409A Valuation Playbook for Corporate CounselA 409a valuation playbook for corporate counsel: safe harbor methods, the 12-month rule, refresh triggers, and the mistakes that cost employees real money.Apr 16, 2026
- Drafting the Schedule of Exceptions in an M&A DealSchedule of exceptions M&A drafting: how to structure, the 4 disclosure categories, anti-sandbagging language, and where junior deal counsel get it wrong.Aug 17, 2025
- Delaware vs California vs New York Incorporation in 2026Delaware vs California vs New York incorporation in 2026: where to form a startup, the franchise tax math, and the re-domestication trap before Series A.Aug 14, 2025
- AI and Corporate Law in 2026: What AI-Powered Legal Intelligence Actually DoesAI and corporate law in 2026: where AI compresses diligence, CLM, and review, and where deal judgment stays human. A clear-eyed map of what changed.Jan 29, 2026
- Can AI Interpret Statutes? How Statutory Interpretation Works With AICan AI interpret statutes? It can read and summarize statutory text fast, but AI statutory interpretation stops at the canons, legislative history, and post-Loper Bright judgment a lawyer still owns.Jan 22, 2026