At Castlegate Law, we provide fixed-fee and subscription-based legal services to founders, creatives, and small and midsize businesses. Our offerings include business law, intellectual property counsel, and fractional in-house legal support—all without hourly billing. Transparent pricing. Agile delivery. Legal help that works like your business does.

Business / Corporate Services

We don’t just learn your business—we embed ourselves in it. By understanding how your company runs, we deliver strategic legal support that drives growth, avoids risk, and saves money. Always efficient. Always fixed-fee.

Here’s a sampling of the fixed-fee business and corporate legal services we provide to founders, owners, and leadership teams:

• Business formation and entity structuring
• Ongoing corporate maintenance and governance
• Contract drafting, negotiation, and review
• Asset purchase and equity transfer transactions
• Mergers, acquisitions, and deal support
• Legal audits for regulatory and compliance risk
• Day-to-day transactional legal guidance
• On-call legal counsel for fast-moving decisions

Need something not listed here? Just ask—we build custom legal solutions around your business goals.

Intellectual property

We help protect what makes your business unique. From registering copyrights, trademarks, and patents to negotiating and drafting licenses and managing rights of publicity, we deliver practical IP support on-demand. Everything we do is tailored, strategic, and done on a flat-fee basis—because your ideas should never be stuck behind a billable hour.

Our fixed-fee intellectual property legal services include:

• Copyright, trademark, and patent registration
• Trade secret strategy and protection planning
• Licensing agreements for IP and proprietary assets
• NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) contract negotiation and drafting
• Review and negotiation of entertainment industry agreements
• Drafting and advising on media, publishing, and content rights deals

Got an idea or creative asset to protect? Let’s make sure it’s covered—clearly, affordably, and with purpose.

Fractional in-house counsel

When you’re growing fast, legal issues don’t wait for a formal hire. Our fractional general counsel services give you senior-level legal insight without the overhead. We act as a trusted member of your leadership team—on call, in the loop, and always aligned with your business goals. It’s like having in-house legal, but smarter, faster, and fixed-fee.

Our fractional in-house counsel support covers:

• On-demand legal strategy for founders and exec teams
• Ongoing review and negotiation of business-critical contracts
• Board and investor relations support
• Risk management and compliance oversight
• Legal guidance during key growth milestones and transactions
• Seamless coordination with external advisors and vendors

Whether you need us weekly or only when it counts, we’re your legal partner—without the overhead or surprises.