ABOUT
This firm was created to help develop a better way for start-up companies and entrepreneurs to work with lawyers.
Too many times I've heard entrepreneurs complain about the cost of legal help for sales deals.
In short, startups cannot afford high priced lawyers to cover their sales deals. So they are left to paper deals with little or no help, or pay hourly rates that eat up a good amount of the income generated by the new business.
From a compliance perspective, many law firms can make the issues sound overly complicated and in many instances fail to deliver executable, practical advice.
This is where Upshot Law comes in. We would like to see companies get proper value for legal dollars spent to help close new business, and get executable advice for compliance in the same way they would expect from their in-house legal team. This is why we are open to fixed fee and other creative arrangements. Better pay arrangements can allow for better lawyering - lawyering that includes striving for efficiency, improved processes, and training your team.
Still, at the core we like closing deals, and we look forward to assisting your company in whatever is needed to get your company in compliance and get your deals done.
Please get in touch to learn more.
Matt Goldberg, Esq.
Founder and Principal
Matt is a Silicon Valley legal veteran who has worked with companies of all sizes, from pre-start up to post-IPO. Matt began his legal career as an associate at DLA Piper (formerly Gray Cary) and Gunderson Dettmer, in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. He worked as GC & VP of Operations for a start-up in Internet infrastructure before joining ServiceSource International one year before their IPO. Matt helped close a record amount of business for ServiceSource, which included a successful 2011 IPO, and then managed the company's legal and data security team as General Counsel through its next stage of growth and new leadership team. Matt also served as General Counsel for Dynamic Signal, an employee communications SaaS service that was sold to private equity in 2021.
Matt is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics and a concentration in Entrepreneurial Management. He has a J.D. from George Washington Law School and an LL.M (legal masters) in Transnational Law from Temple University Japan.
Matt has lived in three countries and has published several articles on negotiation, including Using Travel to Develop Cross-Cultural Negotiation Skills. He was also featured in Forefront Magazine discussing career advice and his legal management approach.
In his spare time Matt enjoys writing music, playing sports, and spending time with his family.