Fractional Legal Counsel, Protecting Business Value
Get a lawyer on your executive team without breaking the bank. Acting as your legal business coach, Andrew eliminates uncertainty by predicting and preventing issues before they arise.
Key Aspects of Expertise:
- Setting You Up for Success: Find the best business structure for you and ensure that all business contracts are clear and enforceable. Create unambiguous operation structure and ownership agreements. Manage documents and reports for banks and financial institutions and comply with labor law and workplace safety.
- Prevent Legal Pitfalls: Anticipate real-world situations and address issues like profit sharing, dispute resolution, and exit strategies at the soonest opportunity. Establish measures to prevent money laundering and ensure that contracts for C-level hires, include non-compete clauses and confidentiality agreements.
- Legal Technology: Andrew invests in proprietary technology to assist you in responding to legal and regulatory changes, including data protection, cybersecurity, environmental regulations, and privacy regulations.Protect your years of hard work with trademarks.
Andrew works with growing businesses of all types, serving clients who employ hundreds of people and earn up to millions in total revenue.
Obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans, Andrew was a serial tech entrepreneur before dedicating himself into Business Law by working for notable firms before founding Spera Law to focus on preventing legal disputes and ensuring the longevity of businesses.
Notable Work:
- 9th-time winner of Super Lawyers Rising Stars, a distinction reserved for the top 2.5% of lawyers in Louisiana who exhibit excellence in practice.
- In his 13 years at Spera Law, Andrew has helped hundreds of business owners avoid serious legal pitfalls and has increased the value of businesses by offering Collective Counsel monthly subscription for establishing legal systems that are attractive to investors — majority of Spera Law clients have been with the firm for over 2 years.
- Member of the New Orleans Executive Association and consistently educates business owners on avoiding legal pitfalls.
- Featured in Forbes and New Orleans City Business.
- His pay-for-value approach has been lauded as an innovative way to encourage small businesses to check on their legal health.
Core Value:
Inspired by previous success in automation, Andrew fiercely believes that technology has a role to play in simplifying legal services.
