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Technology is as natural (some say important) in our everyday lives as the wind, rain and sunshine. It’s also bringing an acceleration of change into every sectors, revolutionising industries and restructuring the way that whole markets operate. Until recently, law was resolutely resisting change. A conservative space with incumbents happy to retain the status quo, there was no internal drivers …
Uber Loses UK Licence Potentially Spelling An End For The Company In The UK It’s official. Prepare for September 30th. Transport for London, the regulator for transport across the city, has stripped Uber of its licence to operate in London. Why? It was deemed they were not ‘fit and proper’ to hold the license. Uber will not be allowed to …
Crowd Justice: Innovation In Legal Crowdfunding To Bridge The Justice Gap At Linkilaw We Share The View That A Fundamental Cornerstone Of The Law Is That Access To Justice Should Be Available To All. And that’s just what Crowd Justice are doing. About Crowd Justice Headed by Julia Salasky, a former UN lawyer and City firm Linklaters associate, CrowdJustice is the …
Linkilaw Buys LawyerFair: Growing The Legal Marketplace How Linkilaw’s Acquisition of LawyerFair Has Created One of UK’s Biggest Legal Marketplaces – Giving More Startups the Opportunity to Scale Up. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of Linkedin noted that ‘first mover advantage’ is not necessarily dependent on launch, but on ability to scale and grow. This is relevant to business at large, but …
A friend of mine once unwisely bought a used Volkswagen Beetle while we were attending university together. He didn’t have a car and was tired of bumming rides from friends everywhere he went. He haggled the owner down to just a few hundred dollars for the car, which had a fresh coat of paint and a recent oil change to …
What Is The British Bill Of Rights? The rumours have been officially confirmed. Although repeatedly delayed, the UK’s Humans Rights Act will now be replaced by the Bill of Rights, assured the new Justice Secretary Liz Truss in a recent interview for BBC Radio 4. While Truss would not disclose the timeframe for publication of the Bill nor other particularities, …
The Housing and Planning Act, passed in May of 2016, changed many things in the housing market. This post focuses on the changes that were made that will impact landlords, and what landlords can expect moving forward. Note, the Housing and Planning Act only applies within England. When laws change, it can be hard to keep up with the new …
In 2010, David Fincher’s movie “The Social Network”, based on the story behind the creation of Facebook, caused a lot of buzz and interest around the Winklevoss Twins and their infamous lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss accused Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for a social network while the three of them were students at Harvard University. What …
We’ve got the four fascinating stories for you this week covering the startup world. Our first takes a look at why it’s sometimes better for a startup to sell rather than compete with the rest of the market. Our second story takes a look at a story by a coder-turned-entrepreneur and how being a coder helped her succeed in …
Welcome to Linkibuzz #58. Our first featured article looks at a personal story from Shreya Mathur who talks about her experience quitting a corporate job for a startup and why she regrets it. Our second story explores the unique challenge faced by Scottish employers because of the Brexit. Scotland is in a precarious position and changes to immigration …
“I don’t want to spend an arm and a leg to get this done.” – Luke, Founder and CEO of Happy Clouds LTD
Luke is founder and CEO of Happy Clouds LTD, a cloud service provider for companies of all sizes. He started this business by himself but shortly after took on a co-founder, Lucy. Luke and Lucy have been working together for a year but have yet to set up a shareholders’ agreement.
They have been bootstrapping Happy Clouds’ growth and so have spent the bare minimum. A year on, the business is generating revenue and as the client base grows, Luke and Lucy need to ensure that their business foundations and customers contracts are bulletproof.
Luke and Lucy are fast-paced – they don’t have time to spend explaining their business model to lawyers, they want someone who can quickly understand what they want and run with it. They also don’t want to spend an arm and a leg to get this done.
Luke and Lucy come to Linkilaw. After getting their initial terms of business set out, they realise they also will need another 3 to 4 contracts in the next 12 months.
PRO MEMBERSHIP
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 4 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 3 drafts |
| Bonus legal advice | Digital only |
| Priority of service | Over non-members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 7 working days |
| Annual business review conference call | Included |
| £2,500/year or £235/month |
“We are scaling up but we want to make sure we get everything updated and in place too.” – Liam, Co-Founder of WineToGo
Liam is the co-founder of WineToGo. His business sources wine from a large network of wine producers and helps their customers select the best wines for their taste to get delivered to their homes. He founded his business with 3 co-founders (Lance, Lily and Larry) and has a shareholders’ agreement in place. The four of them met at university and decided to build their marketplace.
Lance and Larry are passionate about wine and have a background of oenology. Lily is a developer; she built the first platform and collaborated with Liam on business-related matters. They all work in a small office in North London.
After 1.5 years in business, WineToGo features a first selection of 20 UK wine providers and developed its activity in London. However, the business requires funding to expand to the UK (especially Manchester and Birmingham).
Liam and his co-founders are looking towards the future and are happy to get legal advice. They have a focus on investment but also want to explore the possibility of needing future contracts. They plan on having more team members in the near future (business development consultants to prospect wine producers and developers). Liam and his co-founders want to know what to expect and they should have in place for their growing company.
PRO MEMBERSHIP FOR
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 5 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 4 drafts |
| Type of communication | Digital + calls + in-person meetings |
| Priority of service | Over non-members and digital members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 5 working days |
| Annual business review conference call | Included |
| Bonus legal advice | Unlimited |
| £7,500/year or £650/month |
“My businesses are successful and I want legal services in the long term” – Lynn, Founder of ConsciousDressToImpress.com.
Lynn is a serial entrepreneur who has founded 6 businesses and successfully exited 3 of them. Her sixth and last business is a sustainable fashion brand that retails exclusively online on her website, ConsciousDressToImpress.com.
Lynn is currently generating a stable £4 million a year of revenue and makes between £750,000 and £950,000 of net profit yearly. She really loves being able to bring sustainability and awareness to one of the most polluting and wasteful industries on the market, and now wants to stop building businesses to just focus on this one.
Unlike her previous businesses, Lynn does not want to sell. She wants to stay managing director for the foreseeable future, as ConsciousDressToImpress grants her a job she loves and stable, high income.
Lynn has used Linkilaw previously in her other businesses and loved the work they did for her. It was made easy, accessible, and affordable. She loves being a Linkilaw member because she feels the Linkilaw team is focused on the long-term and on maintaining an honest, professional and friendly relationship with her and her business. Amelie, her dedicated legal point of contact is also a fan of sustainable fashion and loves wearing ConsciousDressToImpress.
PRO MEMBERSHIP
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 6 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 3 drafts |
| Type of communication | Digital + calls |
| Priority of service | Over non-members and digital members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 5 working days |
| Annual business review conference call | Included |
| Bonus legal advice | 30 minutes per contract |
| £9,000/year or £800/month |
“I want a check-up on my contracts and make sure everything is in place.” – Logan, Founder of InvestMap App
Logan created the InvestMap App 5 years ago with one of his long-term colleagues, Lauren. InvestMap is the tool for people who never invested and want to start. Via the app, the consumer learns about how to make wise and long-term beneficial choices; is invited to invest at the right time, and gets updated on the next gold mine.
Logan and Lauren already have a few consultants and their app has been adopted increasingly that it’s now difficult for them to manage their activity with their original team. They now want to implement more structure into InvestMap in order to get more staff and be able to get to the next level.
Logan comes to Linkilaw and expects to review the first contracts that have been drafted when he started his business and get more for his new coming employees. He is very keen on ticking boxes and making sure that InvestMap is secure as it goes on.
PRO MEMBERSHIP
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 9 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 1 draft |
| Type of communication | Digital + calls |
| Priority of service | Over non-members and digital members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 7 working days |
| Annual business reivew conference call | Included |
| Bonus legal advice | 30 minutes per contract |
| £8,600/year or £750/month |
“At this stage, Move.In will need legal counsel.” – Leah, Founder and CEO of Move.In
It’s been 8 years since Leah created Move.In, selling kits for students moving to another city (including cutlery, first food, sanitary and emergency essentials). Leah started on her own the business but hired 41 employees during these couple of years. She has now 30 employees and operated over the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
With long-term partner contracts who feed her a stable stream of leads, Move.In has established itself as a leader in the market and currently generates over £3 million of yearly revenue. Its growth is also steady (5-10% a month).
Leah is looking for a legal advisor who will take on the role of in-house legal counsel, but without working full-time. She wants to work with someone who knows and understands her business and proposes the most commercially minded decisions. She doesn’t have the budget for full-time legal counsel, but would nevertheless like to have a lawyer she can reach whenever she wants.
Leah was looking for someone who had expertise in both commercial contracts – ensuring she created real win-win situations in her partnerships – and employment – managing employee onboarding documents such as offer letters, employment and option agreements, staff handbook. Leah now works with a dedicated Linkilaw lawyer and is delighted that she is able to work with a senior lawyer at a rate that is significantly under her budget.
PRO MEMBERSHIP
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 9 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 2 drafts |
| Type of communication | Digital + calls + meetings |
| Priority of service | Over non-members and digital members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 7 working days |
| Annual business review conference call | Included |
| Bonus legal advice | 1 hour per contract |
| £12,800/year or £1,200/month |
“I want to get legal work sorted with a moderate budget.” – Lara, App developer
Lara is an app developer who created custom mobile applications for startups. She often works from her clients’ offices to get immediate feedback on her work. When she’s not working from a client’s office, she works from a co-working space or from a local cafe. Her accountant recently told her she should create a business entity for tax and liability purposes.
Lara’s business is already taking off, so she has a moderate budget to spend on getting her legal work sorted. She knows she wants to incorporate her business, write her own terms of business to use with clients (instead of just accepting the terms they provide her with), and make sure her new website has the documents it needs, but she’s not confident in her legal knowledge. She wants access to legal advice for all the small questions that pop-up day-to-day.
Lara loves working with Linkilaw because her dedicated legal point of contact, Gillian, is knowledgeable, responsive and friendly. She likes that Gillian knows and understands her business and long-term goals. The legal solutions Lara receives from Linkilaw are not only accurate, but they are also commercially-minded and thoroughly thought through.
Lara is grateful to have been introduced to Linkilaw by a friend and she now recommends the Linkilaw membership to her clients.
PRO MEMBERSHIP
| Contracts (drafted by specialist lawyers) | 3 contracts |
| Drafts allowed per contract | 5 drafts |
| Type of communication | Digital + calls |
| Priority of service | Over non-members and digital members |
| Speed of contract turnaround | 7 working days |
| Annual business review conference call | Included |
| Bonus legal advice | Unlimited |
| £4,000/year or £350/month |
