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Strategic fit
Test whether the parties share a clear purpose, compatible incentives and a workable definition of success.
Strategic Transactions / Joint Venture
Joint Venture Readiness Assessment
A joint venture can align capabilities and capital—but only when the parties make the hard decisions about control, economics and separation before launch.
Request the joint venture 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, investors and strategic partners considering a shared venture, co-investment structure or long-term commercial collaboration.
Review scope
What the assessment evaluates
A practical screen for the issues most likely to affect the next decision.
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Contributions
Define the money, assets, people, relationships, intellectual property and other resources each party will provide.
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Governance
Establish the operating structure, reporting expectations and oversight needed to manage the venture.
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Economics
Surface funding, distributions, capital calls, fees, ownership and the economics of future value.
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Decision rights
Clarify reserved matters, approval thresholds and authority to act for the venture.
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Deadlock, exit + risk
Plan for impasse, transfer restrictions, exit rights, liability boundaries and allocation of operating risk.
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
- Parties
- Shared entity
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 COMMONSTRATEGIC 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
STARTING AT$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.
TAKE THE JV READINESS 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 Joint Venture Readiness Assessment and use the resulting screen to frame a more focused conversation about the work ahead.