Services
Legal clarity for the work ahead.
From a first contract to a complex acquisition, RAETZER brings senior judgment to the legal decisions that shape a company’s future.
01 / Build
Corporate foundation
Create a structure that can carry the business: entity strategy, commercial contracts, employment agreements, NDAs, governance, compliance, and contract management systems.
02 / Grow
Scale with intention
Expand into new markets, strengthen operations, protect intellectual property, renegotiate key relationships, and put the right legal systems behind sustainable growth.
03 / Transact
Capital + M&A
Navigate private raises, securities offerings, acquisitions, sales of companies or assets, and joint ventures with advice that keeps the commercial objective in view.
04 / Advise
Closing and transition
Engage RAETZER for focused corporate, commercial and governance projects, or discuss a separate ongoing counsel arrangement shaped around the business.
Defined legal work
Start with the scope, then decide the next conversation.
RAETZER offers transparent pricing structures so clients can better understand and control ongoing legal spend.
Defined scope / clear starting point
TRANSPARENT STARTING PRICES FOR DEFINED LEGAL WORK
RAETZER offers defined fixed-fee packages for qualifying private-capital, M&A, joint-venture, and corporate-infrastructure matters. The packages are designed to give prospective clients an informed starting point before an attorney reviews the specific transaction.
Final package eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed only after completion of the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Transaction map
Company → Investors
GENERAL CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGES
These packages are one-time legal infrastructure projects. They are not unlimited outside-general-counsel subscriptions and do not include representation in future transactions, negotiations, disputes, financings, or litigation unless separately agreed.
Indicative fixed-fee packages for qualifying matters. Final eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed after the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, and an initial attorney consultation.
All engagements remain subject to conflicts review, attorney review, scope confirmation, and a written engagement agreement. Government fees, third-party costs, local counsel, tax advisers, accountants, filing fees, and specialty counsel are not included unless expressly stated.
Package 1
CORPORATE FOUNDATION
$7,500
FLAT LEGAL FEE For qualifying standard-scope matters.
Best for
one clean U.S. entity, one or two owners, and core records that need organization.
Principal inclusions
Infrastructure assessment
Formation/governing documents
Ownership/capitalization
Updated operating agreement/bylaws
Owner approvals/IP assignment
Records checklist/governance calendar/priority roadmap
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
Assumptions: one entity, maximum two owners, no dispute/multiple classes/material securities issue/tax restructuring/active financing or M&A, and clean records.
One standard
confidentiality/proprietary/internal agreement; additional agreements separate.
Package 2
most common
GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE
$19,500
FLAT LEGAL FEE For qualifying standard-scope matters.
Best for
a growing multi-owner business needing governance, ownership, employment/IP, and contract systems.
Principal inclusions
Up to three U.S. entities
Multi-owner agreement
Buy-sell/transfer/death/disability/separation
Cap table/equity review
Standard employment/contractor/confidentiality/IP
Up to two core commercial templates
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
Includes delegation/approval matrix, governance calendar, financing/M&A diligence checklist, and 12-month roadmap.
Assumes no dispute/securities remediation/foreign entities/litigation/pending financing/acquisition; extra templates/restructuring/equity plans/regulatory work require supplemental scope.
Package 3
INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
$34,500
Final fee confirmed after attorney review.
Best for
an established business preparing for institutional capital, acquisitions, multi-entity growth, investor governance, or exit.
Principal inclusions
Holding/operating structure
Up to four U.S. entities
Governance/authority
Equity incentive/advisory/profits-interest framework
Up to four core commercial templates
Data-room plan/risk register/executive roadmap
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
May include board/committee/officer/manager framework, related-party/conflict review, financing/acquisition/exit analysis, institutional record book, and executive presentation.
Custom quote for contested ownership, securities violations, tax restructuring, foreign entities, disputes, pending transaction, comprehensive privacy/benefits/employment/regulatory compliance, or more than four entities/templates.
Next step
NOT SURE WHICH PACKAGE FITS?
Complete the applicable RAETZER readiness assessment. Your responses will help identify the likely scope, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and appropriate next step before you speak with an attorney.
Important Scope Notes
The prices shown are indicative fixed fees or starting prices for qualifying matters. Final eligibility, scope, staffing, and fee are confirmed only after the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Each fixed fee is based on the parties, entities, documents, transaction structure, revision rounds, closing assumptions, and other limitations stated in the engagement agreement. A material change in the matter may require a supplemental fixed fee or an approved hourly scope.
Additional parties, entities, targets, bidders, investors, security classes, or closings
Material changes to economics or structure
Extraordinary diligence or negotiation
Repeated re-trading of agreed terms
Substantial corporate cleanup or missing records
Compressed or expedited deadlines
Specialty tax, regulatory, employment, benefits, real-estate, environmental, antitrust, litigation, or foreign-law issues
Restarting a transaction after termination or material delay
Government filing fees, state notice fees, foreign or local counsel, accountants, tax advisers, investment bankers, business brokers, lenders, appraisers, valuation providers, data-room providers, expert consultants, translators, and other third-party costs are not included unless expressly stated.
Legal fees are earned according to the milestones stated in the engagement agreement and are not contingent upon raising capital, obtaining financing, signing a transaction, or completing a closing.
RAETZER does not guarantee capital, financing, investors, acquisition targets, buyers, sellers, valuation, transaction approval, or closing.
RAETZER does not act as a broker-dealer, placement agent, investment banker, business broker, lender, accountant, tax adviser, valuation provider, or foreign-law adviser unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.
SCOPE AND FEE PROTECTIONS
Non-contractual note: Formal engagement letters govern and summarize these principles: one transaction/project; defined entities/parties/documents; ordinary negotiation only with material restructuring supplemental; defined revision rounds; exclusions for litigation/tax/accounting/valuation/regulatory/real-estate/environmental/benefits/foreign law unless included; third-party/government fees separate; delay/term changes permit supplemental fee; additional closings/investors/targets/bidders/entities/documents separately priced; fees earned by milestones and not contingent; additional work only after written approval of supplemental fixed fee/hourly scope. Formal engagement letters govern.
Pricing and package descriptions are provided for general informational purposes and do not constitute an offer to provide legal services. No attorney-client relationship is created through the website or an assessment submission. Representation begins only after conflicts review and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Defined scope / clear starting point
TRANSPARENT STARTING PRICES FOR DEFINED LEGAL WORK
RAETZER offers defined fixed-fee packages for qualifying private-capital, M&A, joint-venture, and corporate-infrastructure matters. The packages are designed to give prospective clients an informed starting point before an attorney reviews the specific transaction.
Final package eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed only after completion of the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Transaction map
Company → Investors
JOINT VENTURE PACKAGES
Joint-venture pricing assumes that the principals can identify or agree upon the principal business terms. If the economics, control structure, contributions, or exit rights remain materially unresolved, a separate paid structuring phase may be required before definitive drafting begins.
Indicative fixed-fee packages for qualifying matters. Final eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed after the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, and an initial attorney consultation.
All engagements remain subject to conflicts review, attorney review, scope confirmation, and a written engagement agreement. Government fees, third-party costs, local counsel, tax advisers, accountants, filing fees, and specialty counsel are not included unless expressly stated.
Package 1
JOINT VENTURE ESSENTIALS
$12,500
FLAT LEGAL FEE For qualifying standard-scope matters.
Best for
two parties, one U.S. JV, a clear purpose, and simple economics.
Principal inclusions
Initial structure consultation
One term sheet/business-term summary
One U.S. entity formation
Customized operating/JV agreement
Standard capital/governance/transfer/exit provisions
Organizational consents/closing book
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
Assumptions: two parties, one U.S. entity, one project/operating business, agreed terms, simple economics, no passive investors, preferred return/promote/waterfall, or material financing/guaranty/real estate/IP licensing.
Package 2
most common
STRATEGIC JOINT VENTURE
$22,500
FLAT LEGAL FEE For qualifying standard-scope matters.
Best for
a two/three-party JV with negotiated governance, capital calls, non-pro-rata economics, ongoing services, exit, or deadlock.
Principal inclusions
Governance/reserved matters
Capital calls/default remedies
Non-pro-rata economics
Deadlock/buy-sell/call/put/exit
IP/confidentiality/restrictive/business opportunity
Up to two related agreements
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
Assumes a maximum of three parties, one entity, and two related agreements.
Multiple entities, complex investors/economics, guaranties, financing, passive investors, real estate, or unresolved terms require supplemental/custom scope.
Package 3
COMPLEX JOINT VENTURE
$39,500
Final fee confirmed after attorney review.
Best for
a multi-party, multi-entity, real-estate, development, sponsor-capital, or strategically complex JV.
Principal inclusions
Up to four parties
Multiple cash/property/service/contract/IP contributions
Preferred return/promote/carried interest/waterfall
Multi-entity structure
Guaranty/indemnification/management/development
Complex liquidity/forced sale/buyout/dissolution
VIEW SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
Starting price depends on parties/entities/contributions/economics/financing/guaranties/ancillary/regulatory/negotiation.
Excludes unless added: securities documents, external raise, acquisition/disposition, loan/security, real estate closing, tax opinions, foreign law, litigation/contested ownership.
Next step
NOT SURE WHICH PACKAGE FITS?
Complete the applicable RAETZER readiness assessment. Your responses will help identify the likely scope, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and appropriate next step before you speak with an attorney.
Important Scope Notes
The prices shown are indicative fixed fees or starting prices for qualifying matters. Final eligibility, scope, staffing, and fee are confirmed only after the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Each fixed fee is based on the parties, entities, documents, transaction structure, revision rounds, closing assumptions, and other limitations stated in the engagement agreement. A material change in the matter may require a supplemental fixed fee or an approved hourly scope.
Additional parties, entities, targets, bidders, investors, security classes, or closings
Material changes to economics or structure
Extraordinary diligence or negotiation
Repeated re-trading of agreed terms
Substantial corporate cleanup or missing records
Compressed or expedited deadlines
Specialty tax, regulatory, employment, benefits, real-estate, environmental, antitrust, litigation, or foreign-law issues
Restarting a transaction after termination or material delay
Government filing fees, state notice fees, foreign or local counsel, accountants, tax advisers, investment bankers, business brokers, lenders, appraisers, valuation providers, data-room providers, expert consultants, translators, and other third-party costs are not included unless expressly stated.
Legal fees are earned according to the milestones stated in the engagement agreement and are not contingent upon raising capital, obtaining financing, signing a transaction, or completing a closing.
RAETZER does not guarantee capital, financing, investors, acquisition targets, buyers, sellers, valuation, transaction approval, or closing.
RAETZER does not act as a broker-dealer, placement agent, investment banker, business broker, lender, accountant, tax adviser, valuation provider, or foreign-law adviser unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.
SCOPE AND FEE PROTECTIONS
Non-contractual note: Formal engagement letters govern and summarize these principles: one transaction/project; defined entities/parties/documents; ordinary negotiation only with material restructuring supplemental; defined revision rounds; exclusions for litigation/tax/accounting/valuation/regulatory/real-estate/environmental/benefits/foreign law unless included; third-party/government fees separate; delay/term changes permit supplemental fee; additional closings/investors/targets/bidders/entities/documents separately priced; fees earned by milestones and not contingent; additional work only after written approval of supplemental fixed fee/hourly scope. Formal engagement letters govern.
Pricing and package descriptions are provided for general informational purposes and do not constitute an offer to provide legal services. No attorney-client relationship is created through the website or an assessment submission. Representation begins only after conflicts review and execution of a written engagement agreement.
Pricing at a glance
TRANSPARENT STARTING PRICES FOR DEFINED LEGAL WORK
RAETZER offers defined fixed-fee packages for qualifying private-capital, M&A, joint-venture, and corporate-infrastructure matters. The packages are designed to give prospective clients an informed starting point before an attorney reviews the specific transaction.
Final package eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed only after completion of the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.
RAETZER offers transparent pricing structures so clients can better understand and control ongoing legal spend.
Transaction value is only one factor in determining scope and price. Complexity, number of parties and entities, financing, diligence volume, governing law, negotiation burden, transaction timeline, and specialty legal issues may affect the final fee.
Business-separation and negotiated-resolution pricing assumes a non-litigation or pre-litigation process. Active lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, emergency matters, discovery, court appearances, trials, appeals, bankruptcy proceedings, and other contested proceedings require a separate scope or appropriate litigation counsel.
Important Scope Notes
Non-contractual note: Formal engagement letters govern and summarize these principles: one transaction/project; defined entities/parties/documents; ordinary negotiation only with material restructuring supplemental; defined revision rounds; exclusions for litigation/tax/accounting/valuation/regulatory/real-estate/environmental/benefits/foreign law unless included; third-party/government fees separate; delay/term changes permit supplemental fee; additional closings/investors/targets/bidders/entities/documents separately priced; fees earned by milestones and not contingent; additional work only after written approval of supplemental fixed fee/hourly scope.
Let’s make the next decision a sound one.
A considered first step
START WITH THE RIGHT ASSESSMENT
Before legal work begins, identify the transaction, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and principal readiness issues.
RAETZER PLLC
Sophisticated counsel for the decisions that move a business forward — from first formation through its next chapter.
Offices
224 W 35th St, Suite 500 #2320
New York, NY 10001
1910 Pacific Ave, Suite 2000 #1625
Dallas, TX 75201
Contact
(726) 243-4308
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https://www.raetzerlaw.com/
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