General Counsel for early-stage Startups
Founders turn to LWD Advisors for integrated, business-oriented and practical legal support.
Jeff Hyman
LWD Advisors was created with a single mission.
To provide early-stage startups with a seasoned General Counsel and a full-service in-house legal function.
Founders turn to LWD Advisors to guide their commercial contracting, and handle core legal work like Employment/HR, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and more.
We are not a traditional law firm. We are so much more.
We work with companies across various industries, bringing unique expertise to companies making products in the “physical” world, such as clean energy and advanced manufacturing technologies, medical devices, industrial products, consumer devices, and more. The intersection of hardware, software, and cloud-based services is our sweet spot and passion.
Education
- J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law
- B.A., UC Santa Cruz (Economics & Politics)
Why Founders Choose LWD Advisors
LWD Advisors provides outside general counsel and commercial legal support to fast-moving, venture-backed companies across cleantech, manufacturing, SaaS, and high-tech hardware.
Our clients build the future. We handle the legal infrastructure that supports them.
What Makes LWD Different?
✅ Startup-native expertise: We understand how venture-backed companies operate—because we’ve been inside them.
✅ Senior leadership from day one: Founder Jeff Hyman brings legal and business executive experience from Google, Apple, Intel, and Pebble.
✅ Built to scale with you: Our team includes attorneys and contracts professionals who integrate into your workflows as needed.
✅ Sector depth: Whether it’s a cleantech EPC contract, a hardware supply chain negotiation, or a SaaS customer deal—we’ve seen it before.
✅ Efficient + predictable: We offer hourly or flat-fee structures, streamlined onboarding, and shared playbooks so you get both speed and value.
Our Goal
Be the legal team you’d build yourself—if you had time to hire, train, and manage one.