RAETZER PLLCTAKE READINESS ASSESSMENTS

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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

Senior corporate counsel

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.

Review defined package pricing

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

  1. Ownership
  2. Governance
  3. Contracts
  4. 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.

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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.

TAKE THE CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT

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.

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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 ASSESSMENT
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

  1. Parties
  2. 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.

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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.

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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.

TAKE THE JV READINESS ASSESSMENT

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 ASSESSMENT
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.

Pricing at a glance by practice area
PracticePackage 1Package 2Package 3
Private Capital$14,500$19,500Starting at $29,500
M&A Buy-Side$24,500$39,500Starting at $59,500
M&A Sell-Side$29,500$39,500Starting at $59,500
Joint Venture$12,500$22,500Starting at $39,500
Corporate Infrastructure$7,500$19,500Starting at $34,500
Business Divorce & Owner Separation$14,500$29,500Starting at $49,500
Negotiated Business Resolutions$7,500$19,500Starting at $39,500

For qualifying standard-scope matters.

Final fee confirmed after attorney review.

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.

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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.

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A considered first step

START WITH THE RIGHT ASSESSMENT

Before legal work begins, identify the transaction, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and principal readiness issues.