Startups and scaleups
Lawyers for startups and scale-ups, from incorporation to exit
Your initial consultation is free. You tell us about your project, and we work out together what it needs on the legal side. Before any work starts, you receive a detailed fee estimate, with a fixed fee for each service wherever possible.
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Thanks to its expertise and dynamic approach, Beyond is the preferred partner of many startups and scaleups in Belgium.
Setting up a business is exhilarating. Entrepreneurs are rightly focused on the technical and commercial development of their project without always being conscious of the legal issues and risks involved. Between legal compliance, governance, contracts and risk and conflict management, getting the assistance of a pragmatic and competent lawyer is necessary to bring your project to fruition and give it every chance of success.
Beyond uses its expertise in business law and its knowledge of the startup/scaleup ecosystem to accompany you at every stage in the creation and development of your project, providing you with the security you need. The lawyer acts as a proactive and strategic advisor supporting the development of your project.
Beyond’s experience stems from long-standing partnerships with incubators and startup and scaleup programmes, for which its lawyers regularly act as legal coaches. The firm also supports various public and private initiatives that promote entrepreneurship in Belgium and participates in international economic missions that target startups/scaleups in order to constantly develop its international network in this sector.
Where we come in
From incorporation to exit, these are the areas where we support startups and scale-ups.
- Setting up the company: choice of legal form, articles of association, shareholders’ agreement, etc. → Company law
- Raising funds: term sheets, subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements, convertible loans, etc. → Fundraising · How a convertible loan converts into shares · Model a conversion
- Negotiating with investors: liquidation preference, anti-dilution protection, etc. → Liquidation preference: participating or non-participating? · Model a liquidation preference · Model an anti-dilution clause
- Protecting founders: vesting, good/bad leaver clauses, etc. → What leaver clauses cover · Model a founder’s departure
- Shareholders joining, leaving or being bought out: share transfers, stock option plans, restructurings, etc. → Mergers and acquisitions
References
They trust us
Fundraising
Bright Energy
2025
M&A
Marker.io
2024
Fundraising
Greenzy
2023
330.000 €
Fundraising
Boxify
2022
200.000 €
Fundraising
Tafsquare
2022
470.000 €
