Fractional General Counsel for Founder-Led Growth Companies
BigLaw training. Public-company legal leadership. Practical advice for companies moving fast.
Senior Legal Judgment. Built for Growth.
I work with ambitious founders building real companies. As companies grow, legal issues stop arriving one at a time. Contracts, hiring, equity, financing, governance and strategic decisions begin to overlap.
As fractional or outside General Counsel, I become part of the team. I learn the business, the financing history, the people and the priorities so that legal advice comes with context — not from a lawyer starting from scratch every time something comes up.
Technology can make legal work faster. It cannot replace judgment. My practice combines efficient tools with the experience to know what matters, what does not, and when a legal issue is really a business decision.
How I Work With Clients
Some companies need an embedded legal partner. Others need focused help before a financing, transaction or inflection point. Nivelle Law offers both.
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Ongoing senior legal support for companies that need a lawyer who knows the business, joins the conversation early and can manage legal issues across the company without the overhead of a full-time GC.
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Practical, business-minded drafting and negotiation of customer, SaaS, technology, licensing, vendor and strategic partnership agreements — with a focus on getting good deals signed, not winning theoretical points.
Explore Commercial & Tech Transactions
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Experienced deal counsel for acquisitions, exits, bank and other debt financings, SAFE rounds and other defined corporate transactions. Where scope is sufficiently clear, engagements may be structured on a flat-fee or phased-fee basis for cost visibility.
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A concentrated review and remediation engagement for companies preparing for institutional financing, investor or buyer diligence, rapid scaling or another major inflection point.
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Not sure which process is right for you? Schedule a call to assess your company’s needs.
Strategic Legal Guidance
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Commercial & Employment Oversight
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Financing
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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Defined Integration
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Strategic Legal Guidance • Commercial & Employment Oversight • Financing • Mergers & Acquisitions • Defined Integration •
Who I Work With
Founder-led companies that are scaling quickly and have increasingly sophisticated legal needs
Companies preparing for institutional financing, diligence or strategic transactions
Early-stage and growth companies building the legal infrastructure for their next stage
Technology and other high-growth companies negotiating increasingly important commercial relationships
Lean management teams that need senior legal judgment without a full-time General Counsel
Founders who want a lawyer who understands the business — not just the assignment
“There is such a thing as over-lawyering. I’m not here to slow your business down. I’m here to help you make faster decisions with fewer blind spots—and to protect what you’ve built.”
Hayley Nivelle, Esq. | Founder, Nivelle Law
Senior Experience. Direct Access.
Before founding Nivelle Law, Hayley Nivelle served as Chief Corporate & Commercial Counsel at Ubiquiti Inc. and practiced at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Today, clients work directly with Hayley — combining top-tier corporate training, in-house perspective and the continuity of a lawyer who actually knows their company.
