Company formation, fundraising, diligence, and deal negotiation built on experience sitting inside both legal advisory and venture investing.
Northbridge was founded on a simple observation: the hardest commercial questions are rarely purely legal or purely financial. We built a firm that answers both at once
Our interest is the quality of the decision in front of you.
Legal counsel and investment analysis sit in the same room, so structure, price, and risk are settled together.
The partner who takes your first call stays on the mandate to completion. Continuity is the service.
Six practices, one instruction. Mandates are staffed by discipline, not by department, so the advice you receive is already reconciled.
Everything you need on the table before, during, and after a round. SAFE / convertible note drafting Priced-round SHA/SPA drafting Term sheet drafting or review Data room build & audit Cap table clean-up / conversion modeling ahead of a round Investor update template + light-touch investor CRM setup Investment memo / valuation snapshot (comps + precedent transaction methodology)
Practice detailBe ready before an investor or acquirer finds the gap first. Buy-side diligence coordination (for an acquirer or investor) Sell-side diligence prep (getting diligence-ready before you're approached) Legal red-flag audit (single-document or full contract-stack review) IP/trademark audit and filing IP assignment agreements (closing ownership gaps from contractors/co-founders) Compliance audit (NDPR, licensing status, employment law exposure)
Practice detailThe everyday paper that keeps a business running. Vendor / supplier agreements SaaS terms of service & master service agreements Partnership and reseller agreements Licensing agreements (software, IP, brand) Distribution and agency agreements Independent contractor agreements
Practice detailBalance-sheet repair, creditor negotiation, and distressed acquisition strategy where time and optionality are both scarce.
Practice detailCommercial disputes, arbitration strategy, and contentious regulatory matters handled with an eye on the underlying commercial outcome.
Practice detailCross-border estate structures, family governance, and the transfer of controlling interests between generations.
Practice detailFour commitments we make at engagement — and hold to for the length of the mandate.
We tell you what we would do and why. Optionality is presented, but a recommendation always accompanies it.
We accept a fixed number of mandates each quarter so that senior attention is never rationed mid-transaction.
Scope, milestones, and fees are fixed in writing at engagement. No hourly surprises at completion.
Fourteen jurisdictions covered through resident counsel and long-standing correspondent relationships.
Deferred consideration has returned to the mid-market as buyers and sellers stall on valuation. We reviewed 61 signed sale agreements and found the same four failure points repeated in nearly every one. Here is what a defensible earn-out looks like when the accounts are contested two years later.
Revised authorisation guidance quietly redraws where agency and distribution models sit. Firms operating across two or more jurisdictions should re-test their permissions now.
LP appetite has consolidated around known managers. A candid view of the terms emerging sponsors can concede — and the three they should not.
Speak with a partner about a transaction, a mandate, or a structure you are weighing. Every enquiry is handled in confidence.
Regulatory shifts, deal structuring, and capital market commentary. No more than four dispatches a year.
