CAPITAL RAISES AND M&A
WHEN CLIENTS CALL US
You are raising capital and need counsel
who understands what investors actually
look for, not just what the regulations
require.
You are running a deal and need senior
legal horsepower without paying a full law
firm to spin redlines on a Sunday.
You have a small legal department that
needs embedded M&A support thinking
like in-house counsel, not outside
counsel billing by the hour.
full lifecycle
01. Strategy First
We assess every deal holistically before anyone
opens a data room. Risk, structure, and long-term
consequences all of it, up front.
03. Execution and Documentation
We handle the heavy lift: drafting, negotiating,
and coordinating outside counsel for complex tax,
regulatory, or securities issues.
02. AI-Powered Diligence
We use AI to accelerate document review, build data rooms, and surface what actually matters with attorney judgment at every step.
04. Integration & Beyond
We do not disappear at closing. We support integration, divestitures, and everything that follows for years. We think long term. Most firms do not.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
OPTION 1
Ask Auntie AI
Fast. Cheap. Feels productive. And if things go sideways, you hand over every question you asked, every answer you got, and every draft it touched. Nothing is privileged. Not one word. Ask an AI whether a side letter needs to go in the data room and you may end up answering that question in a deposition. Investors, regulators, and opposing counsel will love it.
OPTION 2
Hire a big firm
They are smart. They will protect your privilege. They will also bill $500 an hour for an associate to redline boilerplate on a Sunday, produce a 200-page diligence memo no one reads past page three, and take six weeks to do what your deal needed in two.
OPTION 3
Unified
We use AI extensively for document review, diligence acceleration, and data room management. But an attorney is in the loop on every question that matters, which means every conversation stays privileged. You get the speed of modern tools, the protection of real counsel, and none of the billing model that makes traditional firms expensive by design.
Faster, cheaper, and cleaner because we have sat in the buyer's chair. We know what gets negotiated, what gets dropped, and what blows up a deal.
EXPERIENCE
Your deal team should include people who have actually been responsible for getting deals across the finish line.Our attorneys have not just advised on transactions. They have led them.
Our team includes former General Counsel, Executive Vice Presidents, board members, in-house deal leads, and former government attorneys who have been accountable for acquisitions, capital raises, investor communications, integrations, governance decisions, and the hundreds of small calls that determine whether a deal closes cleanly or turns into a post-close headache.
We have sat in both seats: buyer and seller.
Our experience spans founder-led transactions, middle-market acquisitions, carveouts, capital events, and complex cross-border deals reaching into the hundreds of millions.
That experience changes how we work. We know which diligence issues actually matter
and which ones create noise. We know where sophisticated buyers push, where sellers over-negotiate, and where practical solutions keep momentum without creating unnecessary risk.
We focus on getting to yes while protecting what matters.
Our team also includes former government attorneys, including attorneys with Department of Justice experience, who bring an additional lens to transactions involving regulatory exposure, investigations risk, governance, and enforcement considerations. That combination of operating experience, transaction execution, and government perspective is uncommon.
At Unified CLO, it is how we work.
HOW WE WORK FASTER
Traditional diligence is slow, expensive, and produces reports no one reads past page three. We use AI to change that accelerating document review, building data rooms, and surfacing the issues that actually matter.
AI handles the volume. Our attorneys handle the judgment.
Faster document review without sacrificing attorney judgment
Data rooms built and organized before investors arrive
Diligence reports focused on business risk, not legal checklists
Real-time issue flagging so nothing waits until the final memo
FRACTIONAL IS FUNDABLE
Every equity offering, convertible note, SAFE, private placement, or debt facility falls under federal securities law with real consequences if mishandled. The question is not whether you need legal counsel. It is whether your counsel thinks like a business partner or a compliance manual.
We have advised across the full spectrum: Regulation D private placements, equity and preferred stock offerings, convertible instruments, debt financings, and growth-stage raises from seed through institutional rounds.
When your legal files are clean and your counsel is sharp, it shows. In the data room. In the investor meeting. On the term sheet.
Governance and corporate structure that scales
Strategic contracts that signal operational maturity
PPMs, subscription agreements, and investor documents drafted for credibility
Securities compliance without the law firm billing model
TOKENIZED SECURITIES & DIGITAL CAPITAL MARKETS
On April 13, 2026, the SEC clarified that decentralized protocols do not require broker-dealer registration. For the first time, registered broker-dealers can integrate with decentralized liquidity infrastructure and the distribution models that unlocked did not exist six months ago.
For private companies, this eliminates the "dead on listing" problem. Early investors in Regulation A+ offerings or private placements can now access liquid secondary markets without waiting for an IPO or acquisition. A $50 million valuation company raising $10 million no longer has to choose between illiquid angel money and expensive venture terms.
We work with emerging technology that enables the full lifecycle of tokenized asset issuance from structuring and compliance through deployment and investor management.
Tokenized equity structuring and securities compliance
Regulation A+, Regulation D, and hybrid raise structures
Secondary market liquidity strategy for private placements
Investor rights, transfer restrictions, and smart contract governance
WHY UNIFIED
Capital Ready without the Burn
Senior GC-level counsel without a full-time salary weighing down your books.
Instant Credibility
Polished contracts, crisp diligence, and strategic counsel signal one thing to investors: "This team knows what they're doing."
Built For Speed
We show up ready, move fast, and do not drown you in memos. Founders love our pace. Investors trust our work.
Long Term Thinking
We stay through integration, divestitures, and the legal work that follows a transaction for years. That is what a Chief Legal Office does. It is not what outside counsel does.
SCOPE OF WORK
M&A
Deal structure and strategy
Buy-side and sell-side diligence
Data room build and management
Reps, warranties, and indemnities
Negotiation and documentation
Regulatory and securities overlay
Outside counsel coordination
Post-close integration
Divestitures and carveouts
Long-term operational follow-up
Tokenized securities structuring
Capital Raise
Regulation D / 506(b) / 506(c)
Equity and preferred stock offerings
Convertible notes and SAFEs
Debt financing and private placements
PPMs and offering documents
Subscription and shareholder agreement
Investor rights agreements
Blue Sky and state compliance
Cap table management and governance
Board and governance infrastructure
Secondary market liquidity strategy
THE LONG GAME
Traditional outside counsel shows up for the transaction and disappears when the wire clears. Integration is messy and full of legal landmines and most firms are not built to manage it. We are.
As your fractional Chief Legal Office, we are with you through diligence, closing, integration,
divestitures, and the legal work a deal generates for years afterward. The difference between firms that stay and firms that leave shows up in outcomes, in cost, and in the health of the business.
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