Laura Blair
Attorney at Law
California
CA
"Laura was responsive and gave great recommendations to help me mitigate potential risk."
About
General counsel to various start-ups, assisting with corporate formation, equity and debt financing, structuring, disclosures and documentation.
As well as employment contracts, termination agreements and mediated settlements.
Represented various real estate developers in their transactions from purchase, to corporate formation, to investment… read more documentation and distribution of capital.
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Client Reviews
"Would hire again."
"Laura was responsive and gave great recommendations to help me mitigate potential risk."
"it was a pleasure working with Laura. She was very professional and worked well with us to successful completed our LLC in order to conduct our business. I would recommend her for anything business."
"We hired Laura to help with the formation of our real estate/finance business and for ongoing legal support. Laura is extremely communicative and responsive, and she is clearly an expert in her field. I highly recommend Laura for any of your legal needs and my team and I look forward to working with her more in the future."
"Very good to talk to."
"Exceptional!"
Work History
BuildZig
General Counsel and COO
Oct 2013 - Present
As General Counsel, Laura manages the corporate compliance of this general contracting firm. Laura also prepares the commerical contracts and forms the separate investment limited liability companies. Laura works with BuildZig staff to prepare the investment disclosures and investment purchase agreements and assists BuildZig in qualifying for and structuring its debt and other financing.
Builders Control
General Counsel
Feb 2010 - Feb 2013
Assisted client, a financial services company, in its corporate restructuring, debt structuring and management, and license procurement. Revised all commerical contracts for services to address issues with client expectations and liability concerns.
Terra Linda Development
General Counsel
Jan 2007 - Feb 2010
Worked as General Counsel for a start-up real estate development company and assisted the growth of the company by: drafting its corporate formation documents and ensuring compliance with the various corporate requirements, drafted employment agreements at all level of the company, and drafted the corporate asset sales and merger agreements.
City of Oakland
Deputy City Attorney
Oct 2021 - Jan 2007
Represented the city of Oakland in real estate matters, including development projects and real estate litigation