Legal Scale Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Legal Scale is pleased to announce that we have been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, with special recognition of Neil ODonnell. See our profile on the Best Lawyers website. About Best Lawyers Best Lawyers is… Read More
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Shining a Light on Shadow Class Shares

What is Shadow Stock? Shadow stock is a subclass of preferred stock that provides its holder the same rights and privileges of other preferred stockholders other than certain limited rights and privileges (i.e., liquidation and dividend rights), whic… Read More
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Using MCAs To Advance Your Business

Overview of Merchant Cash Advances A Merchant Cash Advance (“MCA”) is a type of financing instrument that provides businesses with quick access to capital, without the need to take a short-term business loan or obtain a small business line of cre… Read More
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Secured and Unsecured Loans and Priority of Liens

Introduction Businesses have many debt financing options available to them in order to obtain a loan. In most financings, a borrower receives money in exchange for the payment of interest to the lender as well as other consideration (including provid… Read More
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Lock-Up Periods: Regular IPOS V/S SPACS IPOS

(Source) A lock-up agreement is a legal agreement signed by all the shareholders of a company, which restricts them from selling any shares of the company’s stock for an agreed period of time. There are no federal laws governing lock-up agreements;… Read More
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Lending Facilities - Merchant Cash Advance, Factoring Facilities & Revenue-Based Financing

Merchant Cash Advances A merchant cash advance is a type of loan that offers a cash advance against future sales. The term is commonly used to describe a variety of small business financing options, providing quick cash for business. A merchant cash… Read More
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The Managing Partners Podcast

Learn from Mehak Rashid and Neil ODonnell’s expertise and what trends are helping grow their firm on this episode of The Managing Partners Podcast Read More
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Circle of Competence: Is WeWork Fixable?

Neil ODonnell, along with help from the the Capital Technologies Quant team, explores how the market currently is discounting its future prospects (through current bond issue pricing) and what it will ultimately take to turn the business around. View Read More
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Circle of Competence #09

“We discussed typical terms around SPACs for founders as well as investors, what is driving the recent explosion in SPAC popularity, our thoughts on two SPACs in particular, and the macro environment in general.” View Read More
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Circle of Competence #04

In this episode, we discuss foundational investment principles, the cell tower investment business, the venture debt space, and tons of great resources for those just beginning their investing journey.” View Read More
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