Biglaw expertise, executive in-house experience and entrepreneurial hustle - built for start-ups.
Early-stage companies can really benefit from senior legal counsel early on, to get on the right legal path and avoid costly legal clean-up later. However they often don't need (or have budget for) a full-time hire.
That's where Aqualex comes in.
We provide fractional General Counsel, legal consulting and strategic advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups. You get Biglaw expertise, executive in-house experience, and entrepreneurial hustle - embedded in your business on a flexible basis, at a fraction of the cost.
Jennifer Hartzler
Founder, Managing Partner
Jennifer ("Jenn") helps ambitious founders and teams realize their visions by drawing on her 15+ years experience working across industries and jurisdictions in starts-ups, scale-ups and Biglaw.
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Jenn cut her teeth practicing international arbitration at Herbert Smith in London, working with clients spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, in various industries and sectors. Then Uber happened: a secondment to Uber Eats showed her what it felt like to build something instead of arbitrate about it later. She was hooked.
Since then, Jenn has spent her career in fast-paced, emerging tech companies leading, building and scaling in-house legal functions, including as Head of Legal at AlphaSights, and most recently as General Counsel/Company Secretary at Candy Digital, an institutional-grade digital collectibles company and marketplace.
She's worked across blockchain, crypto, AI, data, fintech, entertainment/media, and cannabis - basically, if it's new, has a lot of gray area, and is keeping founders up at night, she's probably done some legal work on it or is curious about it. ​
Services
Fractional General Counsel & Legal Consulting
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Commercial Transactions & Partnerships
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Product Counsel
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Corporate Governance & Investor Relations
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Fundraising & M&A
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Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management
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Risk & Fraud Management
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Regulatory & Compliance
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Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
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Intellectual Property & Licensing
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Vendor & Procurement Agreements
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Employment & HR
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Legal Operations & Infrastructure​
Strategic & Operational Advisory Services
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Investor & Board Advisory
- Commercial Strategy, Deal-Making & Negotiations
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Organizational Design & Cross-Functional Operations
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Embedded Operational Support
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Special Projects & Crisis Management
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