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Legal Designer | Document Whisperer | Visual Strategist
Nicolo Macoy is a Legal Designer who brings design thinking to the legal world—transforming dense, jargon-heavy contracts and internal legal docs into clear, user-friendly tools that clients actually want to read. A go-to partner for both U.S. and PH legal teams, Nicolo merges visual clarity with legal precision, helping turn complex content into something not just functional—but beautiful. Whether he’s mapping out a complex M&A proposal or cleaning up a messy template, Nicolo delivers clean, consistent, and engaging legal documents with a plain-language mindset and relentless attention to detail.
Core Areas of Focus
Legal Design – Leads Unified Law’s legal design efforts, applying user-experience principles to contracts, handbooks, proposals, and more. The result? Documents that feel intuitive, professional, and accessible—without losing legal teeth.
Plain Language – Transforms legalese into clear, digestible content. Helps legal teams say what they mean and mean what they say.
Legal Marketing & Branding – Elevates client-facing materials through custom visuals, thoughtful layout, and brand consistency—ensuring every deliverable reflects Unified Law’s professionalism and value.
Career Highlights
Transformed Unified Law’s M&A proposal playbook into plain-language, visually navigable documents tailored to founder-led companies and investors.
Collaborated with U.S. attorneys to revamp General Proposals and capital raise materials with modern, on-brand design.
Developed interactive templates to streamline recurring legal work and improve cross-team collaboration.
Designed investor-facing visuals that clearly communicated key risks, rights, and terms for high-stakes deals.
Applied legal design to bridge communication gaps between legal and business teams, enhancing decision-making and engagement.
Reimagined internal operations docs to improve usability across busy legal teams.
Standardized branded templates to ensure consistency and visual excellence across Unified Law deliverables.
Bar Admissions
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
Bachelor’s Degree, Magna Cum Laude
Beyond the Bar
A passionate photographer with a love for symmetry, storytelling, and capturing perfect landscape shots.
Constantly exploring new creative techniques outside of legal design—often with a camera in hand.
The go-to host and emcee for company meetings and events—bringing humor, energy, and a flair for the unexpected.
