Founders and startup leadership teams face legal decisions throughout the life of a company—not only at moments of fundraising or crisis. As businesses grow, operate, and institutionalize, legal questions increasingly intersect with commercial strategy, governance, people management, and execution.

Pharus Legal works with founders as external general counsel, providing senior legal judgment embedded alongside decision-making. We advise on commercial relationships, corporate governance, employment and people matters, fundraising-related issues, and the day-to-day legal considerations that arise as companies scale and mature.

Our approach is practical and proportionate. We focus on helping founders understand risk in context, structure commitments thoughtfully, and move forward without unnecessary complexity. Rather than slowing the business down, our role is to support momentum by ensuring legal decisions are clear, durable, and aligned with how the company actually operates.

As startups evolve, Pharus remains a consistent legal partner—helping leadership teams navigate transitions, increased complexity, and changing stakeholder expectations with continuity and clarity.