When the question is for a lawyer
A guide can show the official door. A dispute, a founder deal, or a contract you cannot explain needs a lawyer you instruct.
1 min · Checked: October 27, 2026
This is a StartCG summary, not legal, tax, or investment advice. Confirm fees, forms and deadlines on the official page before you act.
What a page like this can carry
Where the official form lives, which papers the portal names, and which questions to ask before you sign. It cannot tell you that your draft statute is valid, that a co-founder’s share is fair, or that a client’s contract is safe.
Take a lawyer when
- More than one founder, and you need a deal beyond the model statute
- You are asked to sign a lease, a grant contract, or a client contract you cannot explain back
- Someone disputes the name, the seat, or who owns the company
- You are not sure a founder from abroad may sign, or which identity document a notary or a signature provider will accept
How to use the directory
Sample lawyer cards on StartCG are fiction, written so the layout has a shape. They are not a recommendation. A public reference is not a partnership. You instruct the lawyer, you pay them, and you read what they send back.
If this summary and an official page disagree, follow the official page.
Official pages
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