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Blackwing

Built for companies that need complex legal work done fast, at a flat fee.

AI Native US AttorneysFlat fee, quoted before we start

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Trusted by teams that sign on our paper

  • Unilever
  • Philips
  • Scimplify
  • Sidecar
  • Superjoin
  • Tribeca
  • Arbiter
  • ConnectRate

Teams that ship with us.

ConnectRateHow a fast-moving team replaced an unpredictable hourly legal desk with attorney-approved contract review on a flat fee.

We can take a client from pitch to signed SOW without a legal bottleneck, and we know who owns every frame we deliver.

NNoveltyCorporate client

We get contracts back the same working day, with the risky clauses already called out and a clear recommendation on what to push back on.

SidecarTechnology client

11 Practice Areas. 63 Services.One Firm. Blackwing.

Open a folder to see what's inside. Every service has its own page with its scope, process and the questions founders ask us most.

  • All 7 AI Infrastructure services
  • All 6 Construction services
  • All 7 Real Estate services
  • All 5 Tax services
  • All 5 Crypto services
  • All 7 Venture & Corporate services
  • All 6 IP services
  • All 5 Employment services
  • All 5 Privacy services
  • All 5 Fintech services
  • All 5 GovCon services

Send it on Slack.
Get it done.

No new software. Drop a contract where you already work, answer the calls only you can make, and your attorney handles the rest.

  1. Step 1

    Drop it in Slack

    Send the redlines to the channel you already use, or forward the email. Nothing to open, no portal, no onboarding.

  2. Step 2

    We work it in one living draft

    Your attorney marks it up against your playbook. No Word files going round: everyone works on the same draft, every change tracked.

  3. Step 3

    Make the business calls

    You only get the questions that need you, in plain words, with what each answer costs. One tap each.

  4. Step 4

    Read the actual draft

    Review the real document, not a summary, in the same place everyone else worked.

  5. Step 5

    It goes out clean

    Before anything reaches the other side, an attorney checks exactly what they will read. Internal notes stay internal.

  6. Step 6

    The next round starts smarter

    Your answers are tied to the clauses they decided and become part of your playbook, so you are never asked twice.

We build your company's legal brain.

Contracts, playbooks, board minutes, meeting notes and the cap table feed one memory. Your attorney starts every matter already knowing the context, so you never brief us twice.

Contracts
Playbooks
Meeting notes
Email threads
Term sheets
Company brain
Filings
Board minutes
Cap table
Policies
Team chat

Lawyers who understand startups.

Meet the attorneys who'll own your matters. Drag a badge to swing it, tap to flip it.

  • BlackwingTeam

    John S. Tomlin

    Strategic Consultant

    Esq., P.Eng. · Principal, Tomlin Law

    Esq., P.Eng. · Principal, Tomlin Law

    John S. Tomlin

    Principal at Tomlin Law, and both a lawyer and a professional engineer.

    • Esq.
    • P.Eng.
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    John S. Tomlin, Strategic Consultant, Esq., P.Eng. · Principal, Tomlin Law. Principal at Tomlin Law, and both a lawyer and a professional engineer.

  • BlackwingTeam

    Ruthe Wynne

    Strategic Partner

    Former General Counsel, Jensen Infrastructure

    Former General Counsel, Jensen Infrastructure

    Ruthe Wynne

    Former General Counsel at Jensen Infrastructure.

    • General Counsel
    LinkedIn

    Ruthe Wynne, Strategic Partner, Former General Counsel, Jensen Infrastructure. Former General Counsel at Jensen Infrastructure.

  • BlackwingTeam

    Rajat Raghuram

    GTM Lead

    Ex-M&A Attorney

    Ex-M&A Attorney

    Rajat Raghuram

    A former M&A attorney who now leads go-to-market.

    • M&A
    LinkedIn

    Rajat Raghuram, GTM Lead, Ex-M&A Attorney. A former M&A attorney who now leads go-to-market.

  • BlackwingTeam

    Sarah Richardson

    Attorney

    Blackwing

    Blackwing

    Sarah Richardson

    Profile coming soon.

      Sarah Richardson, Attorney, Blackwing. Profile coming soon.

    Every matter has a named attorney who owns it, start to finish.

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    Questions founders ask first.

    A startup law firm. US-licensed attorneys handle corporate, venture, commercial, IP, employment, tax, privacy and regulatory work for early-stage companies, with AI doing the first pass so the work moves faster.

    Before we start, we scope the work in writing and quote one flat fee for it. If the scope changes materially, for example a second investor group joins the round, we agree the change with you before doing the extra work.

    Yes. AI drafts, compares and checks. A licensed attorney reviews and approves every deliverable that leaves the firm.

    For most seed and Series A companies, yes. You get the breadth of a GC across practice areas without the hire. When you're ready to hire in-house, we work alongside them.

    We advise US companies, most of them Delaware corporations, on matters governed by US federal and state law. Some state-specific questions, such as employment law in a particular state, are handled by attorneys licensed there.

    A short call with an attorney. You leave with a written scope and a flat fee.

    Attorney advertising. The information on this site is general and is not legal advice. Contacting Blackwing or using this site does not create an attorney-client relationship. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.