National US law firm Lowenstein Sandler has launched a dedicated start-up formation workspace to help founders work closely with legal counsel when establishing their businesses.
The workspace has been developed in collaboration with Clerky, a platform for venture-backed formation workflows that provides an online legal paperwork service designed specifically for start-ups.
The workspace allows founders to complete essential tasks, including bylaws adoption, founder stock issuances, tax forms and other legal matters related to business incorporation.
The partnership also gives founders access to Lowenstein’s lawyers via the firm’s highly rated emerging companies and venture capital (ECVC) practice to answer legal questions and review documents.
Abraham Kwon, an ECVC partner, said: “Our collaboration with Clerky lets founders move fast without compromising on quality.
“With transparent pricing and standardised, venture-grade documents, our legal team will focus their talents on providing our start-up clients with judicious strategic counsel to help them scale and grow.”
He added that this collaboration underscores Lowenstein’s commitment to providing founders with operational efficiency and high-calibre legal support.
Clerky CEO Darby Wong commented: “Clerky was built to make start-up formation founder-friendly and diligence-ready. We’re thrilled to combine our proven automation tools with Lowenstein’s well-known talent for nurturing promising start-ups and entrepreneurs.”
California-based Clerky was founded in 2011 by Wong alongside Chris Field, who both have start-up backgrounds at San Francisco law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Wong was a start-up attorney for just over two years, while Field spent six years at Orrick as a lawyer in its emerging companies group.
In March, AI-powered legal support start-up Soxton acquired agentic AI security firm Cipher Technologies. Soxton’s platform assists start-ups with legal workflows related to incorporation, fundraising and compliance.
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