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Entity structure
Review whether the legal entities and relationships support the business’s ownership, operations and next stage.
Corporate Counsel / Infrastructure
General Corporate Infrastructure Readiness Assessment
Sound corporate infrastructure gives an established business a cleaner platform for growth, financing, transactions and the decisions that come between them.
Request the infrastructure assessmentReadiness review
RAETZERBefore the transaction gets moving.
01Structure and ownership
02Authority and risk allocation
03Execution and next steps
Who it is for
A clearer starting line.
For established businesses, founders, operators and leadership teams that want to understand whether their corporate foundation can support growth or a major initiative.
Review scope
What the assessment evaluates
A practical screen for the issues most likely to affect the next decision.
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Ownership records
Identify gaps in equity records, capitalization, transfers, consents and supporting ownership documents.
03
Governance
Consider approvals, delegations, minutes, policies and the decision practices that keep authority clear.
04
Contracts + compliance
Screen key agreements, renewal points, compliance workflows and recurring obligations that need ownership.
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Financing readiness
Surface the records and structural questions lenders, investors or transaction counterparties may ask to see.
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Operational legal foundations
Assess the everyday systems that support people, customers, vendors, intellectual property and risk management.
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
- Ownership
- Governance
- Contracts
- Risk
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 COMMONGROWTH 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
STARTING AT$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.
TAKE THE CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENTImportant 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.
Before you begin
A screening tool, not a legal opinion.
This assessment is provided solely for educational, informational and screening purposes. It is not legal advice, does not determine legal compliance or establish that a transaction or corporate initiative is “ready” under applicable law, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not submit confidential or privileged information. Representation begins only after conflicts review and execution of a written engagement agreement.
The next decision
Start with the issues that deserve attention.
Request the General Corporate Infrastructure Readiness Assessment and use the resulting screen to frame a more focused conversation about the work ahead.