Andy Olek

Andy is a Fractional General Counsel and Corporate & Commercial Attorney for Scaling Companies

Licensed in: Maryland, District of Columbia

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 > LicensingCommercial Contracts > SaaS AgreementsEnvironment & Land > SustainabilityTechnology Law > SoftwareGeneral CorporateCommercial ContractsM&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.
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Work

Associate
Fried Frank
Sep 2001 - Jun 2026
Chief Legal Officer
CommentSold
Apr 2022 - May 2025
General Counsel
The Knot Worldwide
May 2019 - Apr 2022

Education

Georgetown University Law Center
J.D.
U.S. Naval Academy
B.S.
University of Maryland
M.A., Government & Politics
University of Maryland Global Campus
M.S. Information Technology