Creativity comes from inside, an inner drive to realize a vision rather than learn regulations and tackle paperwork. The object of the vision is the source of passion for most. The practical questions in sharing it with the world are a necessary distraction. That is where we come in.
No venture or endeavor exists in a vacuum. As creative, entrepreneurial people, we have all wished heartily and often that we could just focus on what we are trying to do, not the legal, regulatory and other distractions. Our aim is to help you do that.
At this point, we would be asking why and how? A fair question since it is why we came to be here. Any enterprise demands that we wear many hats. What we saw was that those who want to help us (for a fee of course) maybe subject matter experts in law or other professions, but they are seldom creatives, have rarely started and developed their own businesses with tangible products and haven’t run organizations facing the everyday problems that creatives do.
Rocksteady Law has at its disposal years of experience, domestic and international, in bringing creative works to market and in managing organizations from small to large. Yes we are lawyers who have practiced for years, but we have also had creative lives building and operating enterprises. We are not talking about experience as executives in a corporate legal department, but of starting, developing and selling enterprises and well as leading larger companies. We have been in your shoes and at your stage of business development. We can understand the challenges of growing businesses and the distinctive mindset of creatives and entrepreneurs.
Rocksteady Law was designed to provide our clients with access to real world business experience and understanding to help minimize distractions from your vision. To provide context, explanations, mentoring and help you determine your options and make informed decisions that help you to protect your business while focus your efforts on what you want with the minimum of risk or distraction. Moreover, since we have been there, to do so affordably.
Gain access to advisers who have faced and moved through scenarios like yours in law and in business and let us help you to help you maximize your focus on what you do best and most readily.
Advice is most valuable early on, when the scope of available actions is typically the greatest. Our service is designed to encourage you to get ahead of issues and opportunities. For an agreed monthly retainer, commensurate with the size of your business, you can request our input for no extra cost unless detailed specific legal representation is required. This is actually the best way to avoid needing such costs or to minimize the cost and time that it requires.
As your retained external general counsel, we will participate in discussions about new ideas, opportunities, proposals and issues, we provide you with a sounding board for ideas and issues without generating additional billing. We provide experienced business and legal perspective to help define and assess issues as they arise as part of our retention arrangement. In essence, as a part-time senior member of your leadership team or similar to how a non-executive director functions; a source of commercial and legal experience with an independent perspective.
Crucially, this approach means that you don’t need to wait for a problem, or have to balance the cost of consulting once a question arises: we are available to listen and to bounce ideas or issues off as part of the package. Early definition and understanding can represent a source of commercial and legal advantage as well as sharply reducing stress, cost and delay as well as saving a considerable amount of your time and that of your employees.
If the need for particular legal work does arise, we can either assist, work with existing specialized counsel, or help you source advice in specialized fields such as litigation, patents, tax, M&A and activity subject to the law or jurisdiction of a foreign country. We can help you manage that process as well if desired.
