Founders' counsel · IP · Fundraising · Charlotte
The law firm built for creative & tech founders
Hale & Ivory is a boutique firm for the companies people love to build — protecting your IP and trademarks, drafting contracts your customers actually sign, and getting you through fundraising on terms you understand.
Meet the people behind the firm
Our areas of expertise
IP & Intellectual Property
Own what you build — copyright, IP assignments and clean chain of title from day one.
Trademarks & Brand
Clear it, file it, defend it — trademark strategy for names people remember.
Contracts & Commercial
Founder-readable SaaS, partnership, vendor and data agreements — drafted to close deals.
Fundraising & Venture Terms
SAFEs, priced rounds, term sheets — know exactly what you're signing.
Company Formation & Equity
Delaware C-corps, cap tables and option pools set up right the first time.
Product, Privacy & Data
Terms of service, privacy policies and data terms that match how your product actually works.
What our clients are saying
“Hale & Ivory got our seed round closed in ten days and actually explained the term sheet instead of just redlining it. Rare.”
Co-founder & CEO, Loopcraft
“They cleaned up an IP mess three agencies had left us and got our trademarks registered before launch. Diligence was a non-event.”
Founder, Northlight Studio
“Fixed-fee, founder-readable contracts that our customers actually sign. It's the first time legal felt like it was on our side.”
CEO, Ferngrove
Where to find us
Charlotte
1120 S. Tryon Street, Studio 4
Charlotte, North Carolina
hello@haleandivory.com
+1 (704) 555-0144
Fixed fees, no billable-hour surprises, and a senior lawyer on every matter. Hale & Ivory works at founder speed — clear scopes, fast turnarounds, and paper written in plain English so you always know exactly what you're signing.