Startup Financing Rounds / Expert Advice

Planning a financing round?

We’ll be with you at every step of your funding journey. From due diligence and deal structuring to negotiation, legal documents, and deal closure.

Challenges we solve

Advice & best practice insights

Our legal experts guide you through the process step-by-step and support you with their experience on how best to structure, set-up, negotiate and close your financing round.

Due diligence preparation

We boost your chances of receiving a higher valuation and better terms by ensuring you’re backed by a solid legal structure. All while ensuring you’re ready when investors take a closer look at your business.

Negotiation with investors

We’ve included negotiation support in all of our financing round packages. Our experts have your back and will help you negotiate the best possible deal for your funding round.

Time-tested legal documents & personal advice

We tailor all the required legal documents and corporate actions to your specific needs, based on time-tested templates for best-in-class speed and quality. No need to re-invent the wheel.

Customer stories

Ledgy raises $22m on a Series B fundraise

The Yokoy revolution - With artificial intelligence and rapid speed to automated expense and credit card processes

Financing round package

What’s included?

Initial kick-off call to discuss the term sheet, general deal structure, key deal variables, strategy and implications for the company, as well as the analytics and potential projections of your cap table

Drafting of the needed agreements (shareholder agreement and investment agreement)

Legal expert session for review, discussions, and adjustments

Negotiation support including basic investor questions and supporting the signing process

E-signature set-up and collection of signatures

Closing including the preparation of all corporate actions to close the round and a closing checklist

What’s subject to additional work?

In particular, for later rounds (from series A and B), more negotiation support is often required. Our legal experts can add great value to negotiations and ensure you’ll get the best out of the deal. As this additional work is sometimes difficult to estimate, negotiations are hourly (with transparent tracking, so you’re always aware of your legal costs).

Flat fee package pricing

CHF 6’500 (excl. VAT and notary fees)

Add-on services

We work with you and your team for a half or a full-day session to identify any red flags before the investors do and tell you what’s needed to close any gaps.

Half Day CHF 900
Full Day CHF 1'700

Get a legal expert to review and negotiate your term sheet to get the best deal for your startup.

Upfront quote and competitive hourly packages POA

GmbH to AG conversion

Convertible loans

ESOP/PSOP

Any other corporate needs

Upfront quote and hourly packages POA

Other startup financing services

Investor and VC/PE services

Do you regularly invest in startups and high-growth companies? We help angels, seed investors and venture capital/private equity firms with all legal aspects of funding rounds. From NDAs and legal due diligence to signing and closing, our experts provide you with fast and pragmatic legal support for safe and sound investments. There are many ways we can work together:

Streamline the investment process with us. Together, we build a set of standards for your investments and then help to execute the transaction. Fast.
Get advice on specific rounds and a review and negotiation of legal documents.
Advice on Convertible Notes, ESOP/PSOP etc.
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About us

We’re a growing team of 25+ legal professionals. Some of our experts include:

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Michele is focused on corporate and commercial law and has a strong background in M&A transactions. At LEXR he advises Swiss and international founders, start-ups, and investors – from incorporation to the first investment rounds, risk financing, complex business transactions, and exits.

Michele Vitali, Head of Startup Financing &Venture Capital, Legal Expert
2

Marius’ specialty is corporate and commercial law. He works with a variety of VC transactions (particularly convertible loans and equity financing), secondaries, corporate law, employee participation, and corporate governance.

Marius Bättig, Senior Legal Counsel
3

Vincent advises on corporate law and has VC and start-up experience. He advises tech and digital companies from their incorporation over financing rounds up to their exit.

Vincent Plautz, Legal Expert
4

Klara is part of our corporate team and supports our customers with transactions throughout their company lifecycle – from incorporations to employee stock options plans and the legal aspects for different means of raising funds.

Klara Weismann, Junior Legal Counsel
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Elie is the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at LEXR. He is focused on advising Swiss and international founders, start-ups, companies of diverse sizes, and investors in all types of M&A transactions, including namely sales, purchases, mergers, demergers, carve-outs, management buy-outs, joint ventures, and many others.

Elie Bourdilloud, Head of M&A and Legal Expert