Practice Employment & contractor
Practice area 08
Employment & contractor
Offer letters, PIIA, contractor vs. employee, equity refreshers, and non-competes calibrated to your jurisdiction.
- Offers & PIIA
- 1099 vs W-2
- Equity refresh
- Separation
Problems we solve
- You are issuing offer letters cobbled from three sources and worried about IP assignment gaps.
- You have contractors doing employee work and your CFO is nervous.
- You need to separate an employee well and want the paperwork to protect both sides.
What you get
- Offer letter, PIIA, and equity grant package that survives DD.
- Contractor agreement with clean IP assignment for every jurisdiction you hire in.
- 1099 vs W-2 analysis for current and planned roles.
- Equity refresh, cliff, and acceleration policy that scales.
- Separation, severance, and release documents that hold up.
What we will not do
- We do not draft non-competes that will not enforce; we tell you when a state has killed them.
- We do not run headcount for you; we equip you to run it well.
How this fits with other practice areas
Most engagements combine two or three practice areas. This one commonly pairs with Disputes & response and Deploy-ready policies. When you send an intake, we tell you which combination fits and price the scope in writing before you sign anything.