Services
Three capabilities.
One engagement.
Most engagements pull from one or two of these. The integration is the point: we don’t hand you a memo and let three other firms argue about what it means.
Service I
Legal
Counsel that closes the deal — not just reviews it.
When a transaction is moving, the legal work is the deal. We sit on the founder’s side of the table for diligence, structuring, and the long tail of contracts that hold the new entity together.
M&A Legal Due Diligence
Reps & warranties, IP chain, employment, regulatory, contract assignability — packaged into a decision-grade memo, not a 200-page dump.
Contract Drafting & Negotiation
NDAs, MSAs, customer agreements, vendor contracts, partnership agreements, employment and equity docs.
Entity Structuring & Governance
Formation, conversions, multi-entity holdco design, operating agreements, board mechanics, and clean-up before a raise or sale.
Best fit
Founders running a fundraise, an acquisition, a partnership, or a clean-up project where legal hygiene is blocking the next move.
Service II
Capital
Strategy and execution across the funding lifecycle.
Capital strategy isn’t a deck — it’s a sequence of decisions about who you raise from, how the round is structured, and what it costs you in three years. We work alongside founders to make those decisions deliberately.
Fundraising Strategy & Narrative
Round sizing, dilution modeling, target investor mapping, narrative architecture, and a defensible use-of-funds.
Investor Outreach & Process Management
Warm-intro mapping, sequenced outreach, data room build, investor Q&A management, and term-sheet triage.
Deal Structuring & Term Sheet Review
Equity vs. SAFE, valuation caps, liquidation preferences, board composition, protective provisions — modeled in plain English.
Best fit
Founders running a priced round, a SAFE bridge, or evaluating a term sheet — and acquisition entrepreneurs sourcing or structuring capital for an SMB buy.
Service III
Strategy
Operating advice that compounds, not just deck pages.
Strategy that doesn’t change a metric is theater. We help founders sharpen the model, sequence the right bets, and instrument the operation so the team can tell whether the strategy is actually working.
Business Model Refinement
Pricing architecture, channel economics, retention drivers, and unit-economic stress tests against the next stage of growth.
Growth Strategy & Prioritization
Annual / quarterly planning, bet selection, sequencing, and the kill-criteria that keep the org from chasing every shiny initiative.
Operational Improvement & KPI Design
Process redesign, KPI trees, accountability mapping, and the dashboards that actually get watched.
Best fit
Founders heading into a planning cycle, operators inheriting a business, or teams running fast but losing coherence on what to actually focus on.
Engagement
How we work together
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01
Conversation
We spend 30–45 minutes understanding the move you’re making and whether we’re actually the right fit.
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Scope & fee
A short, plain-English engagement letter — fixed-fee, milestone-based, or retainer depending on the work.
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Execution
Weekly cadence, single point of contact, integrated work product across legal, capital, and strategy.
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Hand-off
Clean documentation, transition notes, and an honest read on what to watch for over the next 12 months.
Sheffield Firm
Need all three? Need just one?
Tell us what’s on the table. We’ll be honest about whether Sheffield Firm is the right partner for the move.