Andy Olek
Andy is a Fractional General Counsel and Corporate & Commercial Attorney for Scaling Companies
About
I provide advice to startup and scaling companies in the areas of corporate, intellectual property, and commercial contracts law. I have deep experience in the fields of SaaS software, e-commerce, data, marketplace, and services.
I serve as a fractional general counsel to multiple companies, performing a substantial portion of their legal services and managing their work with other attorneys in the fields such as mergers & acquisitions, employment, and intellectual property. I have served as a General Counsel for the last 13 years and helped companies scale revenues from tens to hundreds of millions.
I have flexible billing arrangements, including fractional General Counsel packages, flat rate billing, and hourly billing.
Practice areas
- Commercial Contracts > Licensing
- Commercial Contracts > SaaS Agreements
- Environment & Land > Sustainability
- Technology Law > Software
- General Corporate
- Commercial Contracts
- M&A Law
Services
Fractional General Counsel
I serve as an outside General Counsel for companies, supervising legal affairs for the company. This includes corporate governance, negotiating client, vendor and partner contracts, running investments and mergers & acquisitions, and managing intellectual property portfolios. I also assist with disputes, employment, and privacy matters.
Experience
Associate
Fried Frank
Sep 2001 – Jun 2026
Chief Legal Officer
CommentSold
Apr 2022 – May 2025
General Counsel
The Knot Worldwide
May 2019 – Apr 2022
J.D.
Georgetown University Law Center
B.S.
U.S. Naval Academy
M.A., Government & Politics
University of Maryland
M.S. Information Technology
University of Maryland Global Campus