Legal and HR, sorted before it costs you
A senior legal team that learns how your company works, with HR beside it when you need it. You agree the fee in writing before any work starts, so there are no surprise bills.
A free 15-minute first call, and a clear next step.
Can you check this investor note before we sign it?
safe-note.pdfHow do we let someone go during probation properly?
employment-contract.pdfDo we need a licence before we add payments to the app?
product-plan.docxDo we need a data protection officer before we launch?
launch-plan.docxWhat changed in the data room this week?
Marked up against the standard form, three terms flagged.
Signed off by Daniel KungExit letter and the notes for the meeting drafted.
Signed off by LDU's HR professionalThe licensing position set out, with what to do first.
Signed off by LDU's compliance professionalWhat applies to your launch, listed with the next step.
Signed off by LDU's data protection professionalTwo new files and one updated contract, summarised for you.
Find your team
What kind of company are you?
Pick your world. We will show you where founders like you start.
Get it right the first time
Legal, HR and compliance you can’t afford to skip.
Most founders do not get hurt by a big bill. They get hurt by the small thing nobody checked, surfacing at the worst time.
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Your equity
Avoid lawsuits
Get your relationships right.
The terms you agree to with your first investor or co-founder become the rules you live with for every decision, every raise, and every exit that follows.
What covers it
Fractional Legal
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Your raise
Close your deal faster
No compliance, no deal.
Startups lose enterprise deals not to competitors but to compliance checklists. A buyer’s legal team needs documentation you haven’t created yet, and they won’t wait while you catch up.
What covers it
Fractional Compliance
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Your exit
Your team is everything
HR as asset, not liability.
HR feels like overhead until it’s done right. You stop thinking about contracts and policies and start thinking about the team you’re building and the product they’re shipping.
What covers it
Fractional HR
The solution
A senior team in early, before it costs you.
Book a free 15-minute call. A senior legal consultant shows you how Legal, HR and compliance get covered, with the fee agreed in writing before any work starts.
Book a call
How it works
How working with LDU goes
From the first call to signed work, you know who is on it and what it costs.
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Book a call
Talk to a senior legal consultant. Bring your hardest question and leave with a clear next step.
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Agree the fee
You get the scope and the fee in writing before we start. Nothing moves without your sign-off.
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Get it done
Your LDU team does the work: the legal matter first, HR beside it when you need it. A named professional signs off on every piece.
A free 15-minute first call
No pitch and no obligation: you leave with a clear next step.
The app
Your whole legal team, in your pocket.
Raise a matter, get an answer from Lia in seconds, and watch every request move to delivered. Three things you reach for daily, in one place.
New request
Describe it, we scope it
Your situation
A US fund wants to invest on a SAFE with an MFN clause.
Matter scoped
- Type
- SAFE side letter
- Fee
- Agreed in writing
- First draft
- Within 24h
Lia
The assistant in the LDU app
A US investor wants a SAFE with an MFN clause. What am I agreeing to?
Matters
Northwind · live
Status
- Request received
- AI drafting
- Consultant review Now
- Delivered
Legal update. New MAS guidance on token offerings affects your structure.
The platform by LDU Asia
The right expert. Right now.
Ask in plain words. An agent drafts the answer, and a named professional reviews it and signs it before it reaches you.
Every agent works for one named professional, who signs what it drafts.
What you get
Take the part you need now
Senior legal consultants by the month or by the job, HR professionals when you need them, and a platform where their agents answer at any hour.
Proof
Founders who stopped fearing their legal bill.
Pre-seed to Series A teams across Singapore run their legal on LDU.
Founders raising pre-seed to Series A trust the LDU team with the paperwork that decides their round.
Singapore- 300+
- Clients served
- 800+
- Projects delivered
- 100%
- Reviewed by a senior consultant
Google reviews
What clients say on Google
Real reviews from founders and teams we have worked with.
Veljko Vasic
CEO, HolyWally
“As a client of LDU, I was impressed by how they consistently focused on our needs, showing patience and a deep understanding of our core requirements. It felt like having an in-house counsel that always had our best interests at heart. If you're looking for a dedicated team that prioritizes client satisfaction, LDU is the right choice.”
- Less time setting up contracts
- 80%
- Faster to close than before
- 4X
- Faster issue resolution
- 90%
- Reviewed by a senior consultant
- 100%
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“Daniel is a consummate professional who was very helpful in our consultation. He assuaged my fears and walked me through how to possibly handle my situation. Did not ask for unnecessary charges or quotes. Highly recommended, especially if you're a small business or startup.”
Leung Wai-Leng
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“Thanks to LDU and Daniel support, my business which was not well structure for couple months and having some issues is now good to operate. Extremely recommended for anyone not familiar with how Singaporean laws and banks work, it is much better to get great assistance at the beginning and start smoothly. Highly recommended.”
Simon Giraldo
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“LDU was able to listen to my situation in detail and quickly provide me with effective advice to move forward. Daniel was very professional and clear-headed. A very good experience.”
Benjamin Fossati
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“LDU have been fantastic in providing legal consulting and services. They have in depth knowledge across various domains and they work quick at a fraction of the cost of what you'd pay at standard market rate.”
Dindo De La Cruz
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“I had an excellent experience working with LDU Asia. Daniel, in particular, was incredibly helpful, he was responsive, knowledgeable, and guided me through the situation with clarity and professionalism. I highly recommend their services for anyone in need of reliable legal support.”
Josh Decker
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“Highly qualified, knowledgeable, with a great team. Expert opinions and advice. Would highly recommend for multiple types of legal services. I've used LDUAsia multiple times for a myriad of tasks and they've always been top notch.”
Zach
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“As an expat in Singapore the firm really helped me with all the clarity on the matter and were very honest during the process.”
Hasan Syed
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“Excellent experience working with Daniel and his team. We first got into contact almost 2 years ago in the earliest stages of our company. Daniel's team's arrangement was startup friendly and sincere.”
Rishab Patwari
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“LDU Asia is truly a game-changer for any Singaporean startup. Their team is incredibly tech-savvy, highly responsive, and genuinely values both your time and theirs.”
Sunny Saurabh
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“Best legal team you can really trust.”
Veljko Vasic
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“LDU Asia is amazing. Solving my issue within a few day. They are prompt is replying my text and giving advice on what I should do.”
Roy Loi
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“Easy to work with, thorough, and diligent. A wonderful team that helped meet needs quickly and efficiently.”
Meagan Ranson
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“Daniel was wonderful in guiding us through the compliance process.”
Kanak Chaudhari
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“Probably the fastest, most efficient and affordable lawyers in Singapore!”
Mahir Sahin
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“Super helpful. Professional and knowledgable.”
Daniel Hestevold
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“I had the pleasure of a professional and highly informative discussion with LDU which brought clarity to my situation and openly shared options and paths forward in a simplistic and grounded way. I am very grateful and highly recommend.”
Robert Kiely
Trusted across Singapore
- Singapore licensed
- Fundraising and SAFEs
- M&A and exits
- Regulators and MAS
Our founder
Meet Daniel Kung, our founder
Fifteen years in-house at Grab, IBM, Binance and ByteDance, then helping founders through setup, growth and the raise. He built LDU, and he leads the team whose judgement the agents are built on.
- Years in practice
- 15+
- Matters signed off
- 200+
Questions
Questions founders ask before they book
Still unsure?
Ask a senior legal consultant on a free 15-minute call. You get straight answers and no sales pitch.
Book a call
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LDU is a legal solution provider for founders and growing companies in Singapore. Senior legal consultants handle your contracts and everyday legal work, and HR professionals handle the people side. When a matter needs a regulated practitioner, we introduce you to one directly.
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Yes. The 15-minute call is free. You leave with a clear next step whether you work with us or not.
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You see the number before any work starts. The fee is agreed in writing first, there is no hourly meter, and you never get an invoice you did not approve.
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It is where you work with your LDU team. Agents built on our professionals' judgement draft answers at any hour, and a named professional reviews and signs anything you ask them to check. It is in a pilot now, and the platform page has the details.
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Early is the cheapest time. A clause fixed now costs far less than one found during your next raise.
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Yes. Every consultant is bound by confidentiality, and only the team on your matter can open your files.
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Book a call. Our team still takes on a whole matter from start to finish, the way LDU always has.
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We have provided support to over 300 clients and completed over 800 projects across Southeast Asia.
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LDU is uniquely positioned to deliver comprehensive legal support to both tech and non-tech startups. For tech startups, LDU offers guidance on intellectual property rights, data protection regulations, software licensing agreements, and navigating the evolving landscape of tech regulations. For tech and non-tech startups and SMEs, LDU can assist with foundational legal requirements, including business incorporation, employment contracts, compliance, and commercial agreements. The versatility of LDU's team ensures that whether a business operates in the digital realm or in traditional sectors, it receives tailored legal support that resonates with its industry, goals, and challenges.
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A senior legal consultant handles you directly, on a fee you agree in writing before any work starts. No junior handoff, no surprise bill by the hour, and no meter running while you think through a decision. AI drafts the routine work, Daniel or a named senior legal consultant reviews and signs off on everything, and you always know the number before we start. When a matter needs a regulated practitioner, we introduce you to one directly.
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We bring the pattern recognition from three hundred plus companies we have already advised across Southeast Asia: what a term sheet should look like at your stage, which clause actually matters in a vendor contract, what a regulator expects before you launch. That judgment, backed by a bench of consultants and a senior legal consultant's sign off, is what a generic legal template or a junior associate cannot give you.
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LDU holds the principles of data protection and confidentiality in the highest regard. Adhering strictly to relevant global data protection standards and regulations, LDU implements rigorous protocols to safeguard client data; sensitive information is processed on LDU's own systems and kept secure, both in storage and transmission. All LDU consultants are contractually bound by stringent confidentiality clauses; client matters are handled with strict discretion, and any proprietary information disclosed in the course of an engagement remains strictly confidential. See our Privacy Policy for more detail.
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See our Services page for the full list.
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Because you get senior legal judgment at startup scale: the fee agreed in writing before any work starts, a named legal consultant who signs off on everything, and turnaround measured in days, not weeks. It is the same expertise you would pay for at a full-time general counsel salary or a traditional firm's hourly rate, sized for a startup instead.
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