Built for EMs.

Lidow PC is a law firm built solely around the unique legal needs of emerging venture fund managers. Our mission is to help our clients understand and navigate the legal structures, professional networks, and technology stacks involved in launching and managing a fund.

Our services include:

  • Fund, general partner, and management company entity formations and compliance.

  • Fund document drafting and LP side-letter negotiations.

  • Compliance with federal and state corporate, securities, investment company, and investment adviser regulations.

  • Advising on, and introductions to, accountants, fund administrators and other key service providers.

  • Investor counsel for priced rounds and SAFEs.

  • Outside general counsel services.

About our team:

Teel Lidow
Founder & Shareholder

Teel has advised on over $7 billion in transactions since 2012, including venture financings (both company and investor side), public and private mergers and acquisitions, and more than 50 venture fund and syndicate formations. He has been a part of the Bay Area venture community since 2016 as a legal-tech founder (backed by First Round Capital and Founder Collective), angel investor, and lawyer.

Prior Law Firms
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Education
Harvard Law School (JD)
Princeton University (AB)

Bar Admissions
California
New York

Shahrukh Khan
Associate

Shahrukh has advised on the formation of over 50 private funds and syndicates, with a focus on emerging managers and institutional LPs. His experience spans private equity, private credit, hedge, venture capital, secondaries, and co-investment structures. Before joining Lidow PC, he practiced in large international law firms and worked in-house at Blackstone. He also writes Cash and Carried, a weekly newsletter demystifying private investment fund mechanics.

Prior Roles
Reed Smith LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Blackstone

Education
Emory University School of Law (JD)
Harvard College (BA)

Bar Admissions
New York

Wes Jones
Associate

Wes has advised high-growth technology companies on formation, venture financings, and corporate governance.  Before joining Lidow PC, he practiced in Cooley LLP’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital group, where he represented startups and investors throughout the venture lifecycle. He is brings a practical, ecosystem-informed perspective to fund formation, drawing on his experience across the Bay Area startup and venture community.

Prior Roles
Cooley LLP

Education
UC Berkeley Law School (JD)
Indiana University (BA)

Bar Admissions
California