Outside counsel. Inside knowledge.

Legal counsel built for velocity. Not the pace of a traditional firm.

NanoGC embeds senior attorneys as the GC function — delivering Big-Law discipline and boutique precision, without the cost of a full-time hire.

By the numbers
Day 1
Value delivered from first engagement
40–60%
Cost savings vs. full-time GC
75%
Reduction in outside counsel spend (up to)
34+
Combined years at Big Law & in-house
Why NanoGC exists

Most companies outgrow outside counsel long before they can hire a full-time GC.

That in-between stage — when you need the judgment of a General Counsel but can't justify the cost — is where legal risk compounds fastest. Contracts pile up. Regulatory exposure grows. Board questions get harder to answer without saying "let me check with our outside lawyers."

We built NanoGC for that exact gap. Senior attorneys with Big-Law training and in-house experience, embedded in your team — not billing by the hour from across town.

Who we serve

Built for ambitious companies at every stage.

Stage 01

Growth-stage startups

Seed through Series C. Too lean for a full-time GC, too complex for one-off outside counsel. We embed as the legal function — product, commercial, fundraising, compliance — and scale with you.

Typical need · Fractional GC · 20–60 hrs/mo
Stage 02

Mid-market companies

$25M–$500M revenue. In-house legal but no GC, or a GC who needs senior bandwidth on specific matters. We augment the team with Big-Law-trained partners on contract negotiations, litigation oversight, regulatory strategy.

Typical need · Specialty coverage · Project-based
Stage 03

Enterprise organizations

Healthcare systems, PE-backed platforms, regulated industries. Need a senior voice on specific matters — AI governance, M&A due diligence, Stark/AKS compliance, board-level litigation strategy — without adding to headcount.

Typical need · Subject-matter expertise · On-demand
How we work

Embedded from Day 1. Not billing by the quarter hour.

We become part of your team — and your team becomes ours.

We work on flat monthly retainers or defined-scope engagements. No surprise bills. No partners-meet-with-associates handoffs. The attorney you talk to on Day 1 is the attorney who handles your matter on Day 100 — and who sits in your board meeting, reviews your contracts, manages your outside counsel, and answers your midnight Slack messages when something breaks.

What to expect

A deliberate onboarding. Not a cold start.

01

Engagement design

30-minute intro. We diagnose what you actually need — fractional GC, project counsel, or specialty support — and scope a 90-day plan before you commit.

02

Onboarding & assessment

Weeks 1–3. We audit your contracts, compliance posture, outside counsel spend, and governance stack. You get a written legal-risk assessment — not a sales pitch.

03

Embedded counsel

From Week 4 onward. We're on your Slack, in your board meetings, on your vendor calls. The legal function — owned and run — without a new headcount.

Our clients don't get associates doing research. They get partners doing the work — with the judgment you can only earn in the seat.

Eugene Kim &
Founding Partners
Capabilities

Full-spectrum coverage for a modern legal function.

Corporate & Venture

  • Entity formation & governance
  • Series A–C financings
  • Cap table management
  • Board & shareholder matters

M&A

  • Buy-side & sell-side representation
  • Due diligence oversight
  • Deal structuring & negotiation
  • Post-close integration

Regulatory & Compliance

  • HIPAA, Stark Law, AKS
  • FDA software & AI/ML regulation
  • Privacy (state & federal)
  • Compliance program design

Hiring & Employment

  • Executive agreements
  • Equity & incentive plans
  • Separation & disputes
  • Workforce compliance

Commercial Transactions

  • Master services & SaaS agreements
  • Vendor & partnership contracts
  • Licensing & IP commercialization
  • Contract playbooks & templates

Disputes & Litigation

  • Pre-litigation risk assessment
  • Outside counsel management
  • Settlement strategy
  • Internal investigations
Client voices

Operators who've worked with us.

"

Eugene is the 10x lawyer. When you're building something as complicated as a digital health platform — pharmacy integrations, clinical licensing, provider agreements, regulatory exposure — you need someone who doesn't just hand you a document and disappear. Eugene thinks through the business with you in real time. He's the reason we can move fast without breaking things legally.

Ariana Thacker
Founder & CEO · The Immune Co. d/b/a MoldCo
"

Eugene and the NanoGC team are the reason I can actually sleep at night. When I hit a serious data and vendor compliance issue, I knew exactly who to call — and within one conversation, they had reframed the risk clearly, mapped a path forward, and made me feel like I had a real legal team in my corner. That's what fractional GC should feel like.

Ania Rodriguez
Founder & CEO · JourneyTrack
"

NanoGC has been a critical part of AE's operations. Eugene isn't a vendor we engage when something goes wrong — he's embedded in how we run and grow. That's the difference between outside counsel and a true legal partner.

Greg Buckner
Agency Enterprise · AE Studio

Your organization deserves a GC who knows your business.

Services

Fractional GC, and everything adjacent to it.

Six integrated practice areas. One senior team. Delivered on a flat monthly retainer, a project scope, or on-demand — scaled to match what your organization actually needs right now.

Engagement models

Match the pace to the work.

Four ways to engage NanoGC. All delivered by the same senior partners — no associate handoffs, no billable-hour roulette.

Monthly retainer
  • Flat fee, unlimited access
  • Embedded as your GC function
  • Minimum 90-day engagement
  • Best for growth-stage & mid-market
Quarterly scope
  • Defined deliverables & milestones
  • Fixed quarterly fee
  • Ideal for discrete initiatives
  • M&A, fundraising, compliance builds
Annual partnership
  • Dedicated senior counsel
  • Board-level strategic role
  • Reduced rate for commitment
  • For companies replacing a GC hire
On-demand
  • Specialty expertise, no retainer
  • Hourly or project billing
  • AI governance, Stark/AKS, M&A
  • Augments existing legal teams
Practice areas

Six practices. One integrated team.

Service 01

Fractional General Counsel

RetainerEmbeddedOngoing

The GC function — owned, run, and staffed at partner level.

We act as your General Counsel. That means attending board meetings, managing outside counsel, setting legal strategy, and owning contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, and governance. Flat monthly retainer; no billable-hour surprises; partners do the work.

Built for: Companies that need GC-level judgment but can't justify a $400K+ full-time hire.
Service 02

Healthcare & Regulated Industry

HIPAAStarkAKSFDA

Deep specialty coverage for healthcare, digital health, and life sciences.

Elle served as Chief Legal Officer at multiple healthcare and digital-health organizations. HIPAA enforcement, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback compliance, FDA software/AI regulation, CMS reimbursement rules, state privacy laws — we've built compliance programs around all of it, from the inside.

Built for: Healthcare systems, digital health companies, PE-backed healthcare platforms, physician groups, life sciences companies.
Service 03

Startup & Venture Legal

FormationFundraisingIP

From incorporation through Series C, with partner-level attention at every stage.

Entity formation, founder agreements, Seed and Series A–C financings, SAFEs and convertible notes, cap table management, stock option plans, board and shareholder governance, IP strategy, commercial contracts. The full venture-lifecycle legal stack.

Built for: Founders who want experienced counsel without Big Law prices — or a replacement for a GC they can't yet afford.
Service 04

AI Governance

FrontierPolicyRisk

AI governance programs for companies deploying AI in production.

Model evaluation and documentation frameworks, AI risk assessments, third-party vendor AI contract terms, regulatory strategy for FDA AI/ML SaMD pathways, EU AI Act readiness, state AI laws, clinical AI deployment governance. Practical frameworks — not compliance theater.

Built for: Health systems deploying clinical AI, AI-first startups, enterprises with AI product lines, PE portfolios with AI investments.
Service 05

Strategic Legal Advisory

BoardM&AGovernance

Partner-level advisory on your highest-stakes legal decisions.

M&A due diligence and deal strategy (buy-side and sell-side), board governance counsel, fiduciary duty analysis, crisis response and internal investigations, regulatory strategy, outside counsel oversight and management. The calls a seasoned GC would take — taken by us.

Built for: Boards, CEOs, and existing legal teams needing senior strategic bandwidth on specific matters.
Service 06

Litigation Management

Pre-litigationOversightStrategy

Disciplined litigation oversight — without the runaway spend.

Pre-litigation risk assessments, outside counsel selection and management, settlement strategy, dispositive motion practice oversight, trial preparation supervision, appellate strategy. Eugene led complex commercial and venture disputes at Quinn Emanuel — he knows both sides of the bench and the billable rate.

Built for: Companies facing commercial disputes, regulatory enforcement, or class actions that need senior oversight of outside counsel.
Commercial disputes
Contract, partnership, and business-tort matters.
Regulatory enforcement
OCR, DOJ, FDA, state AG matters.
Securities & shareholder
Derivative actions, fiduciary duty claims.
Employment & executive
Separation, non-compete, whistleblower matters.

Tell us what you're facing. We'll tell you what we'd do.

Industries

We understand business. Here's where we lead:

Our partners built careers advising companies across healthcare, technology, and the regulated enterprise. Deep specialty where it matters — general-counsel judgment everywhere else.

Sectors

Industry fluency, not just legal coverage.

We read the 10-K before the engagement letter. We understand your regulators, your competitors, your unit economics, and your growth constraints — because that's the only way legal advice actually lands.

01Healthcare
Digital Health
Frontier Health AI
04Biotech & Life Sciences
SaaS & Enterprise Software
eCommerce & Consumer
07Manufacturing
Logistics & Supply Chain
PE-Backed Platforms
10Professional Services
Real Estate & PropTech
Consumer Brands
Where we specialize

Healthcare. Digital Health. Frontier Health AI.

Elle's decade as Chief Legal Officer inside healthcare and digital-health organizations means we don't just know the regulations — we've built the compliance programs that operationalize them. We know where the friction is, because we've been the ones running budgets against it.

Stage 01

Healthcare

Health systems, hospital networks, physician groups, specialty practices, and post-acute care organizations. HIPAA, Stark, AKS, state licensure, value-based-care arrangements.

Stage 02

Digital Health

Telehealth platforms, remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, behavioral health apps, health data platforms, health insurance technology. FDA, state telehealth, reimbursement strategy.

Stage 03

Frontier Health AI

Clinical decision support, AI-powered diagnostics, generative AI for clinical workflows, AI-driven care management, ambient clinical documentation. FDA AI/ML SaMD pathways, clinical validation, AI governance frameworks.

Why industry depth matters

Fluency changes the advice.

We diagnose faster

When your CTO describes a new clinical AI feature, we already know the FDA regulatory posture, the HIPAA considerations, and the vendor-contract landmines. You don't pay for our learning curve.

We anticipate risk

Industry context means we see the second- and third-order implications. A Stark safe harbor isn't just a compliance checkbox — it affects your deal structure, your capital allocation, and your executive comp plan.

We speak operator

We've sat on the management side. We know what a CFO will object to, what a CTO will push back on, and what a CEO actually needs to hear. Legal memos that land — not abstractions that get ignored.

Your industry has nuance. We speak it.

People

Our team combines top-tier legal training with the judgment that only comes from operating.

Senior partners doing the work. A vetted extended team called in when specialty depth matters. No associate-training tax on your invoice, no handoffs, no surprise rotations.

Founding partners

Senior where it matters. Scaled where you need it.

Eugene Kim, Founding Partner
Eugene Kim
Founding Partner · Corporate & Disputes
Quinn Emanuel alumCorporateVentureLitigation

Eugene started his career at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, one of the world's most respected litigation firms, where he represented public companies, venture funds, and private equity sponsors in complex commercial and securities disputes.

He left Big Law to build the kind of legal practice his in-house clients kept asking for: senior, embedded, unbillable-by-the-minute.

After Quinn Emanuel, Eugene served as General Counsel and strategic advisor to several growth-stage technology and healthcare companies, where he led everything from Series B financings to M&A transactions to complex regulatory investigations. That operator experience shapes how he practices today.

Eugene's corporate practice spans venture financings, M&A, corporate governance, and commercial transactions. His litigation practice focuses on pre-litigation risk assessment, outside counsel management, and strategic settlement — the judgment calls that determine whether a dispute becomes a distraction or a disaster.

He graduated from a top-ranked law school and is admitted in California. He speaks regularly on venture-stage legal strategy and litigation risk management.

Contact Eugene →
, Founding Partner
Founding Partner · Corporate & Governance
Former CLOGovernanceHealthcareAI Governance

Elle served as Chief Legal Officer at multiple healthcare and digital-health organizations, where she ran the full legal function — corporate governance, commercial contracts, M&A due diligence, employment matters, compliance programs — and sat at the leadership table through acquisitions, restructurings, and board-level pivots.

She practices like a former CLO — because she is one. That judgment runs through everything she touches.

Elle's practice is full-scope general counsel work: corporate governance and board advisory, commercial contracting, M&A due diligence, employment and executive matters, and regulatory compliance. Her specialty depth is in healthcare and digital health, including HIPAA, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback compliance, FDA software and AI/ML regulation, CMS reimbursement rules, and state privacy and licensure frameworks.

Before NanoGC, Elle built and led legal functions inside hospital networks, digital-health platforms, and clinical AI companies — including the policies, compliance programs, board reporting, and crisis response infrastructure that actually made them operate at scale.

She has particular experience with AI governance for companies deploying AI in regulated or clinical settings — from model evaluation frameworks to vendor-contract risk allocation to board-level oversight. Elle graduated from a top-ranked law school, is admitted in California, and speaks regularly on governance, healthcare regulatory strategy, and AI governance.

Contact Elle →
Of Counsel & Support

A deep bench, not headcount theater.

We staff engagements with specialty of counsel and senior paralegals when the matter calls for it. Every person below is vetted, experienced, and integrates with the client — not a rotating cast of associates.

Of Counsel
Rami DennaouiRD
Rami Dennaoui
Of Counsel
Venture Financing · Corporate Transactions · Commercial Agreements
Whitney StanleyWS
Whitney Stanley
Of Counsel
Privacy Law & Terms of Use · Fintech & SaaS Compliance
Nick SeligerNS
Nick Seliger
Of Counsel
Commercial Litigation · Pre-Litigation Strategy
Nicholas AgateNA
Nicholas Agate
Of Counsel
Corporate Transactions · Mergers & Acquisitions
Travis SumpterTS
Travis Sumpter
Of Counsel
Patent Strategy · M&A Due Diligence
Brad KaneBK
Brad Kane
Of Counsel
Employment Law · Commercial Litigation
CW
Chris Wang
Of Counsel
Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
Paralegal Team
James SonJS
James Son
Litigation Paralegal
Litigation Support · Motion Drafting · Discovery
Bea BurgosBB
Bea Burgos
Legal Assistant
Document Management · Legal Research · Case Coordination
Sara DennaouiSD
Sara Dennaoui
Legal Assistant
Document Management · Legal Research · Case Coordination

Want to talk directly? Reach one of the partners.

About NanoGC

A modern law firm for companies that need modern legal counsel.

We don't bill by the quarter hour. We don't send associates to your board meetings. We don't pretend a seven-partner review ladder is what quality looks like in 2026.

Our story

Built by operators, for operators.

NanoGC started with a shared observation: the companies that need senior legal judgment the most — growth-stage startups, mid-market businesses, regulated healthcare organizations — are the worst served by the legal market. They're too lean to hire a full-time General Counsel. They're too sophisticated to be well-served by billable-hour outside counsel. And they're too important to hand off to a first-year associate reviewing a template.

We built the firm we wished our in-house clients had access to. Senior partners, flat fees, embedded delivery, and a business mindset that matches theirs. No associate training budgets baked into your invoice. No partners-meet-with-associates handoff theater. No legal memos that read like academic papers. Just the GC function, owned and run by people who have done the job.

We're intentionally small. Two founding partners; a curated bench of of counsel and paralegals; no ambition to grow into a traditional firm. The work is better at this scale, and so are the outcomes for our clients.

"We built the firm we wished our in-house clients had access to."
— Eugene Kim & , Founding Partners
What we believe

Three principles that shape every engagement.

01

Judgment over hours

The value of a General Counsel isn't measured in time entries. It's measured in the judgment calls that keep problems from happening — the contract clause you pushed back on, the deal you walked away from, the regulatory posture you corrected before the audit. We charge for outcomes, not minutes.

02

AI-forward delivery

We use AI to accelerate research, drafting, and document review — which means our clients get partner-level output at the pace that modern business demands. The judgment is still human. The speed is compounded by the tools. This isn't a marketing claim — it's how we actually work.

03

Specialty depth

Healthcare regulatory. AI governance. Venture financings. Complex commercial disputes. We built NanoGC around specific areas where our partners have operator-level fluency — not a wide-aperture practice of "everything legal." Depth beats breadth when the stakes are real.

Client voices

Operators who've worked with us.

"

Eugene is the 10x lawyer. When you're building something as complicated as a digital health platform — pharmacy integrations, clinical licensing, provider agreements, regulatory exposure — you need someone who doesn't just hand you a document and disappear. Eugene thinks through the business with you in real time. He's the reason we can move fast without breaking things legally.

Ariana Thacker
Founder & CEO · The Immune Co. d/b/a MoldCo
"

Eugene and the NanoGC team are the reason I can actually sleep at night. When I hit a serious data and vendor compliance issue, I knew exactly who to call — and within one conversation, they had reframed the risk clearly, mapped a path forward, and made me feel like I had a real legal team in my corner. That's what fractional GC should feel like.

Ania Rodriguez
Founder & CEO · JourneyTrack
"

NanoGC has been a critical part of AE's operations. Eugene isn't a vendor we engage when something goes wrong — he's embedded in how we run and grow. That's the difference between outside counsel and a true legal partner.

Greg Buckner
Agency Enterprise · AE Studio

Curious whether we'd be a good fit? Let's find out.

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