Re: Re: NDA, deal waiting on this
4 days idleEvery deal waits in someone else's queue
Outside firms bill by the hour, so your urgency is never their problem. The deal cooling off is yours.
A general counsel on your team. Without the full-time salary.
A senior Singapore legal consultant embedded in your company: contracts, compliance, board work and the 11 pm questions, all handled for one monthly fee, agreed in writing before we start. No hourly billing, no junior handoffs, no surprise invoices.
This week with your GC
Live- Thu
8:15 amNew hire agreements out for signatureHiring - Wed
4:48 pmMAS licensing question answered, in writingCompliance - Tue
11:05 amESOP refresh drafted for board sign-offEquity - Mon
2:30 pmVendor DPA redlined and sent backContracts - Mon
9:12 amFlagged a repricing clause in your term sheetFundraise
Daniel KungYour general counselActive nowThe problem
Growing without counsel looks like this.
None of this is a paperwork problem. It is an ownership problem: nobody senior owns legal, so all of it lands on you.
Tax invoice, March
Hourly firm, example
Total due in 14 days
S$0
Every invoice is a small heart attack
Hourly billing means the meter runs while you sleep. You find out what legal cost you only after it is spent.
Notes to self
11:47 pm
No one is coming to answer this tonight.
after hoursAt 11 pm, you are the legal department
You did not start a company to interpret indemnity clauses at midnight. Right now, that is your job anyway.
The mandate
One senior legal consultant owns all of it.
From the day your fractional GC starts, these stop being your problem. Everything on this list sits inside the same monthly fee.
Every NDA, SAFE, customer and vendor contract drafted, redlined and negotiated through to signature. The backlog goes first.
Term sheets read before you sign them, a data room kept clean between rounds, and board resolutions done on time.
PDPA, employment law and MAS questions answered by someone who has sat across the table from the regulator.
The angry email, the wobbly co-founder, the customer who will not pay: flagged early, while it is still cheap to fix. When something needs a regulated practitioner, we introduce you to one directly.
Ask anything in the app, any hour. Lia answers instantly in Daniel's approach, and Daniel confirms whatever actually matters.
If it is legal and it is yours, it is in scope. And if you ever need a niche specialist, we say so plainly and help you brief them.
The math
Three ways to get counsel. One of them makes sense.
Every founder runs this comparison eventually, usually after the first painful invoice. Here it is up front instead.
Hire a full-time GC
OverkillS$300,000
a year, and climbing before equity
- Six months to find and close the hire
- One person covering every specialty
- More seat than you need before Series B
Keep calling a law firm
UnpredictableS$3,200
this month, and the meter never stops
- A different, bigger number every month
- No context on how your business runs
- Your urgency billed at a premium
Embed a fractional GC
Right-sizedOne agreed fee
a month, agreed before we start
- Senior counsel from day one
- Knows your business by week two
- Scale up, down or off, month to month
Full-time and law firm figures are Singapore market rates, not our pricing. Your number depends on volume: you get it in writing after the free call, before any work starts.
A free 15-minute call, no obligation.
How it starts
From first call to working counsel in a week.
No onboarding project, no discovery phase billed by the hour. One call, one written number, one start date.
- Day 0
A free call with Daniel
Fifteen minutes with the senior legal consultant, not a sales rep. Bring your messiest legal problem and leave with a straight answer, whether you hire us or not.
- Day 2
A scoped mandate and one number
We map your contracts, deadlines and risks into a written mandate and a monthly fee agreed in writing. You see the number before you commit to anything.
- Day 7
Your GC is inside the business
Daniel joins your channels, your team gets the app, and the contract backlog gets cleared first. Legal answers now arrive in hours, not weeks.
No lock-in: the mandate renews monthly and you can stop any month.
- Singapore licensed
- Fundraising & SAFEs
- M&A and exits
- Regulators & MAS
Meet the leadership
Meet Daniel, leading legal.
Fifteen years getting founders through setup, growth and the raise, across the table from investors, regulators and acquirers. He is the founder of LDU guiding evolution of a new type of in-house law.
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- Matters signed off
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Eighteen years advising on capital markets, corporate finance and ESG across three jurisdictions, from Magic Circle law firms to the boardroom of a global insurer.
- Years in practice
- 18+
- Jurisdictions covered
- 3
Five years recruiting senior talent for startups across APAC, then doing what most recruiters don't; staying to build the HR that holds a growing team together.
- Years in talent and HR
- 5+
- Region covered
- APAC
Why founders trust us
Senior counsel, proven where it counts.
Not a marketplace of juniors. A named senior legal consultant, a track record you can check, and terms that put the risk on us.
4.7/ 5
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- Signed off by a senior consultant
- Singapore licensed
- 15+ years in legal roles
- MAS and PDPA
- Fundraising and M&A
Our promise
Cancel any month, no exit fee. Your documents always leave with you.
Your fee is agreed in writing before any work starts. If a matter needs more time, we agree the change with you in writing first, so the number never moves without your yes.
Customer stories
Why founders choose LDU.
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
Fit
Built for some companies. Honestly, not for all.
Read both lists. If the left one sounds like your week, the free call will be worth it.
You need this if
- Contracts pile up faster than you can read them
- You are raising now, or within twelve months
- Enterprise customers or regulators are scrutinizing you
- Ad-hoc legal already costs you thousands a month
- Legal questions keep landing on the founder
You do not need it yet if
- You have not incorporated anything
- You see one contract a quarter
- You need a courtroom litigator, not ongoing counsel
On the fence? Book the free call anyway. If a template or a cheaper option fixes it, Daniel will tell you so and point you there.
Inside this service
Three areas this service covers.
Fractional general counsel covers the work below. Tell Daniel on the call which part you need first; the same senior legal consultant runs all of it.
- Data Protection OfficerAn outsourced DPO who owns the PDPA work as the data footprint grows.
- Board & government advisoryBoard papers, resolutions and the filings regulators and investors expect.
- Fundraising counselTerm sheets, data rooms and the negotiations that close a round.
FAQ
What founders ask before they commit.
Still weighing it?
Ask Daniel directly on a free call. Fifteen minutes, no pitch, just answers.
Daniel leads every mandate and signs off on everything that leaves the door. AI does the heavy lifting behind the scenes, and nothing reaches you without a senior legal consultant's approval.
The mandate is scoped to your volume, not a timesheet. You get outcomes with agreed turnarounds, not a meter. If your volume changes, the cap changes with it, in writing, before the next month starts.
Yes. The mandate renews monthly and you can stop any month. No lock-in, no exit fee, and your documents leave with you.
Usually it sits above them. Your GC handles the day-to-day, keeps the corp-sec honest, and briefs outside specialists only when genuinely needed, so you stop paying partner rates for routine work.
One monthly fee, agreed in writing before we start, sized to your contract volume and stage. A fraction of a GC hire, and you will have your exact number after the free call.
Everything runs on LDU's private servers and is never sent to outside AI providers. Only your assigned legal team can open your matters.