Andrew Legrand

Get a lawyer on your executive team without breaking the bank. As your business engages in daily sales activities and strategic collaborations, Andrew acts as your legal business coach — eliminating uncertainty, preventing issues, and crafting contracts that secure your interests.

Key Aspects of Expertise:

Employment and HR: Andrew believes that all employees play an essential role in the company’s success and that it is important to organize human energy in a centralized Entrepreneurial Operating System so that structures and expectations are the same for all departments.

Contracts: Your business is going to have hundreds of contracts. Andrew ensures that all business contracts are clear, enforceable, regularly reviewed for compliance, and organized for banks and financial institutions. Andrew also ensures that contracts for C-level hires include non-compete clauses and confidentiality agreements.

Partnerships: Find the best structure for your business, anticipate real-world situations, and address issues like profit sharing, dispute resolution, and exit strategies at the soonest opportunity.

Andrew works with growing businesses of all types, serving clients who employ hundreds of people and earn up to millions in total revenue.

Education:

• Loyola University New Orleans, Juris Doctor
• University of Florida, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

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.

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana
• Texas

Favorite Core Value:

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Inspired by previous success in automation, Andrew fiercely believes that technology has a role to play in simplifying legal services.