WHO WE SERVE
Business counsel for owners building something worth protecting.
Gistenson Law works with owner-led businesses at meaningful stages of the business lifecycle—from sophisticated formation and launch through growth, ongoing operations, ownership changes, and business transitions. Clients come to the firm for ongoing outside general counsel and for important commercial matters that benefit from practical, senior-level legal judgment.
A GOOD FIT
Businesses that have moved beyond the simplest legal needs.
There is no single size or stage that defines a Gistenson Law client. The common thread is that the business has enough complexity, activity, or value at stake that legal decisions deserve experienced attention.
The firm is particularly well suited to businesses that:
have multiple owners or meaningful governance considerations;
negotiate important customer, vendor, contractor, or other commercial agreements;
are entering, renewing, or negotiating a commercial lease;
are adding owners, restructuring relationships, or planning a transition;
encounter legal questions regularly enough that an ongoing counsel relationship would be useful; or
want a lawyer who understands the business context—not simply the document in front of her.
THE BUSINESSES WE WORK WITH
Built for businesses where legal decisions and business decisions overlap.
Gistenson Law works across industries rather than limiting its practice to a single sector. The firm is particularly well suited to owner-led businesses with commercial relationships, employees or contractors, physical locations, multiple owners, regulated considerations, or plans for continued growth.
NEW & ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES
Businesses launching with meaningful legal needs, as well as companies with ongoing operations, recurring contracts, employees or contractors, vendors, customers, and legal questions that arise as part of running the business.
GROWING & CHANGING BUSINESSES
Businesses adding owners, locations, people, new commercial relationships, or more sophisticated operating structures—and businesses preparing for an ownership or other significant transition.
PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALIZED BUSINESSES
Professional services firms and other owner-led businesses whose work, contracts, operations, or industry requirements create legal issues that benefit from experienced business counsel.
HOW WE WORK
Legal counsel that becomes more useful as it gets to know your business.
Some clients come to Gistenson Law for a significant formation, contract, lease, ownership change, or other commercial matter. Others need a lawyer who can become familiar with the business and provide counsel as legal questions arise over time.
For established businesses with recurring legal needs, an outside general counsel relationship can provide continuity without building a full-time in-house legal function. The relationship can evolve with the business as its needs become more complex.
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Looking for business counsel that can see the whole picture?
Tell us a little about your business and the legal issue or ongoing needs you would like to discuss.