Practice area
The legal architecture a serious company is built on: clean formation, sound governance, durable contracts, and shareholder arrangements that hold when relationships are tested. We get the foundations right so the disputes never happen.
Partner-led · Fixed scopes where possible · Singapore & London
The shareholder fight, the unenforceable contract, the governance gap exposed in due diligence — almost always trace back to a foundation laid in haste. We prefer to lay it well.
Foundations laid in haste
Foundations laid by counsel
What we handle
From the first share certificate to the boardroom that scrutinises it.
Holding structures, subsidiaries, and re-domiciliation done with tax foresight built in.
Vesting, drag-and-tag, reserved matters, and deadlock mechanics drafted for the hard cases.
Supply, distribution, licensing, and services agreements that survive real disputes.
Board charters, delegation frameworks, and compliance ready for investor scrutiny.
Term sheets, subscription agreements, and convertible instruments negotiated on your side of the table.
Early, candid risk assessment — because the cheapest dispute is the one you never have.
How an engagement runs
01
We map your existing structure, contracts, and governance, and tell you plainly where the real exposure sits — and where it does not.
02
You receive a written plan with priorities and a fee basis. We fix what is urgent first, then strengthen the foundation methodically.
03
Most clients move to a light retainer so the lawyer who built the structure is the lawyer who steers it as the business grows.
Engagement models
Illustrative bands. Every engagement is confirmed in writing before work begins.
From $4,500 fixed
A one-time structural and contractual health check for an established company.
Most popular
From $3,200 /month
A standing partner relationship for companies that need counsel on call, not on commission.
Custom
For a specific financing, acquisition, or restructuring with a defined endpoint.
Selected work
Fictional, illustrative matters that reflect the shape of our corporate work.
We consolidated a tangle of legacy holding companies into a clean, tax-efficient structure, then negotiated the financing documents on the company’s side. The lenders’ diligence found nothing to renegotiate.
When two of four founders parted ways, the vesting, drag, and deadlock provisions we had drafted three years earlier held without litigation. The company kept operating; the exit completed in weeks, not years.
In their words
A boutique earns its reputation one engagement at a time. These are fictional, illustrative voices.
"They were the only advisers who told us what not to do. That restraint saved us a fight we would have lost. When we did move, the structure was airtight."
Daniel Reyes
Chief Financial Officer · Meridian Industrial Group
"I have worked with three of the big firms. Apex & Crowne is the first where a partner read my term sheet personally and called me the same day. That is the whole difference."
Sofia Lindqvist
Founder & Chief Executive · Northwind Logistics
"For a family office, trust is the entire product. They have handled four generations of structuring decisions with discretion and a steadiness you cannot fake."
Charles Whitmore
Principal · Whitmore Family Office
Questions on corporate counsel
Yes, and the transition is routine. We begin with a position review so we inherit your matters with full context, then agree what to keep, what to remediate, and on what basis we continue.
Both. We draft from scratch where you need a durable foundation, and we review and harden counterparties’ drafts where speed matters. In either case the goal is a document that holds in a real dispute.
Retained clients receive priority response, typically within the same business day for urgent items. The named partner is your direct contact, not a switchboard.
Corporate counsel
A short conversation will tell us — and you — whether a foundation review or retained counsel is the right next step. It is free and confidential.
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