Russell Murphy
Attorney at Law
California
CA
"Russell was knowledgable and responsive. His experience showed through the suggestions..."
About
I am also a member of a web3 legal engineering community, and the Crowdfunding Professionals Association (CfPA). I am a certified Data Protection Officer for GDPR.
For approximately 15 years during my career, I also managed a seed stage venture investment and strategic advisory business and held interim executive operational positions with portfolio companies. This unique… read more experience helps me understand the daily challenges entrepreneurs face in building businesses at the leading edge of innovation and gives me an ability to be a superior advisor to founders.
My practice is focused on the following
• Startups
• Entity selection and formation of corporations, DAOs, and LLCs in multiple jurisdictions
• Founder equity and compensation planning
• Board of Directors and Advisory Boards
• Financing Transactions
• Seed rounds & SAFE/SAFT
• Reg CF Crowdfunding preparation
• Digital Assets and RWA financing
• Regulation D Private Placements
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Acqui-hires
• Strategic acquisitions
• Exit through sale
• Privacy/ eCommerce policies
• Privacy
• Terms of Service
• Manufacturing/ Prototyping agreements
• Distribution/ Resellers agreements
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Client Reviews
"Russell was knowledgable and responsive. His experience showed through the suggestions he made for my project."
"Quick, amazing, thorough, and precise!"
"Outstanding work. Provided additional guidance outside scope of work. Many thanks and will rehire for future projects."
"Russell does not over complicate a legal solution, and the practical language we used was quite satisfactory."
"Fast efficient communications, received some great advice, just what we needed, when we needed it.""
""Wonderful experience working with Russ. Patiently explained things and answered all questions, including ones I didn't know I had. Would definitely work with Russ again.""