While the startup ecosystem is booming, a closer look reveals entrepreneurs struggling with complex compliance burden, legal requirements and lack of quality legal solutions. Customized legal services and guidance are essential for growth of startups, yet lacking, especially in tier II and tier III cities. Identifying this gap, and to bridge it, Soumya Shekhar, an alumnus of National Law University Delhi and National University of Singapore, founded Remote Lawyer. Established in 2021, the virtual law firm is committed to making legal services affordable and accessible to all, eliminating the isolation of quality legal services to specific regions.

Present as a virtual law firm, Remote Lawyer assists businesses, particularly startups across geographies at affordable costs. What has enabled the firm to create a distinguished space in the legal domain, is its provision of tailored services and solutions. While traditional firms offer templatized solutions to all businesses, big and small alike, Soumya’s firm customizes solutions to cater specifically to startups, understanding how their requirements differ from those of big businesses.

Comprehensive Legal Solutions

Eliminating complex and overused legal jargons from legal documentation for startups, the firm simplifies legal navigation for clients. Customizing the documentation, it ensures that every client is uniquely treated with contracts and advice tailored to their particular business. The geographically agnostic law firm is not only reaching a wider audience, but is also offering solutions without any hassles, with everything being done digitally.

Remote Lawyer’s range of services encompass commercial contracts, startup advisory, Web3 and AI, data privacy, and fundraising. Across these diverse solutions, the firm’s in-depth approach to match the needs of the business set it apart. Instead of cut-copy paste contracts, the firm customizes each contract, while also offering assistance in drafting startup kits, fundraising documentation, shareholder agreements, and other specialized agreements. Its advisory solutions help navigate the complexities of starting and running a business, with a data privacy focus that ensures business policies and practices comply with legislations like GDPR and DPDPA.

Hand holding startups in their journey, the firm acts as partners committed to the business’s long-term success

The comprehensive portfolio of services, quick turnaround time, free and flexible models, and a team of dedicated, highly trained lawyers have enabled the firm to establish trust despite being an online entity. Hand holding startups in their journey, the firm acts as partners committed to the business’s long-term success. The unique strategy of keeping legalese to a minimum when explaining legal concepts and laws to the clients have also fostered trust and transparency.

“If the quality of your work is good, then physical presence hardly matters. My goal since the inception of remote lawyer was to build a sustainable legal services model that can service and cater to the industries across India”, shares Soumya Shekhar, Founder, Remote Lawyer.

Staying Ahead

The extremely dynamic legal landscape demands continuous updates and changes. Remote lawyer stays ahead through constant change monitoring, updating its templatized documents as per the pertinent changes, and monitoring regulatory reforms actively. This helps ensure businesses are always regulation compliant and ahead of sector-specific changes.

The team remains unwaveringly committed towards the quality of its services, despite operating virtually. Every document goes through multiple revisions and iterations before going out. Ongoing meetings and communication ensure transparent and clear understanding to boost service quality. Additionally, use of slack, virtual conferencing tools, email, AI tools, and more ensure streamlined processes.

In efforts to increase accessibility to quality legal solutions, Remote Lawyer also has a YouTube channel to share information about contract drafting. As it moves ahead, expanding its practice areas targeting legal tech, it remains focused on enhancing accessibility, and giving back to the legal community.