Kyle Westaway
Founder-friendly startup lawyer.
About
Kyle Westaway is a startup attorney. For over 15 years he’s helped early-stage founders scale their companies smarter.
He’s the author of Profit & Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good and a Contributor at Forbes, where he writes about entrepreneurship. He writes two popular newsletters: Weekend Briefing and Founder Fridays.
Kyle taught for a decade at Harvard Law School and Cornell Law School.
Practice areas
- General Corporate > Corp Finance
- General Corporate
- Commercial Contracts
- Employment Law
Featured clients
Services
General Counsel - Subscription Legal for Startups
Most entrepreneurs want a trusted legal partner, but they hate surprise legal bills. We take care of your startup’s legal needs for a fixed-monthly fee so you can control your costs and focus on scaling your business.
Incorporation
Select the optimal structure for impact. We help you select the best legal structure whether that’s an LLC, Corporation, Benefit Corporation, B Corp Certification, L3C, Social Purpose Corporation or Nonprofit. We’ll also help you structure your founders’ equity.
Funding
Get funded. We guide you through the fundraising process at every stage. From friends and family to Series B and beyond, we handle the legal work so you focus on building.
What clients say
“Kyle is the best. Hands down.”
Camilla Booth
VP of People, Coder
“When I was raising funding from a top tier venture capital firm, Westaway was incredibly fast, transparent, and thorough. Never worked with a legal team like this one, and I'm so glad we were recommended them!”
Shane Snow
CEO, Showrunner
Experience
Founder
Westaway
Jan 2008 – Present
Adjunct Professor
Cornell Tech
Jan 2020 – Dec 2022
Lecturer on Law
Harvard Law School
Jan 2013 – Jun 2020
BS, Speech Communication / Public Relations
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2002
J.D. / M.A., Law / Public Policy
Regent University School of Law
2006
