Business Foundations
Legal foundations, built for the way founders and growing businesses actually work.
Structured fixed-fee legal service, designed to help you get practical legal documents in place without open-ended billing or unnecessary meetings.
A different way to get legal foundations in place
We love working with founders and business owners.
The people building somethin real, often around the edges of everything else.
Client work. Family. Cashflow. Delivery. The next decision. The next opportunity.
In the middle of all that, it is easy for the “legal stuff” to sit on the list for another day.
But legal foundations matter.
With years of experience working alongside founders, business owners and leadership teams, we have seen what happens when the right foundations are put in place early. They support growth and protect value over time.
We have also seen the other side: founders and business owners trying to reverse-engineer foundational documents later, often after confusion, disputes, missed opportunities or expensive gaps have emerged.
That’s why we built Business Foundations.
It is a structured, lawyer-led pathway designed to help founders and growing businesses get the right legal foundations in place in a clearer, more efficient and more cost-transparent way.
We know the early stages can be tight. Cashflow matters. Time matters. Finding the right lawyer can feel hard. And it is not always obvious what legal documents you need, what questions to ask, or how much it will cost.
We do not think legal support should feel daunting.
Business Foundations starts with a short online check. It helps us understand where your business is now, what you are trying to put in place, and which legal pathway may be the right starting point.
From there, we review your responses and let you know the next step.
We built this process with founders and business owners in mind. Designed to help you identify the legal foundations your business needs now, and plan for what comes next.
Built around founder reality
Founders are often working around the edges. Our process lets you complete the intake in your own time, without needing a long first meeting before anything can move.
Lawyer-led, not template-led
We use structured questionnaires to understand how your business works, then prepare the documents for your business. You are not left to adapt generic templates yourself.
Fixed-fee and practical
We confirm scope and costs before the engagement starts. You receive the documents, implementation guidance and an included 15-minute check-in.
You know what is included, what it costs, and what happens next.
How Business Foundations works
The process starts with understanding where your business is now.
Rather than asking you to choose a legal product upfront, we start with a short check. Your responses help us identify the right pathway — whether that is a fixed-fee package, a clarification call, a future package, or a separately scoped engagement.
From there, the process is structured and transparent.
01 Check
Complete the Business Foundations Check so we can understand your business and identify the right starting point.
04 Intake
You complete a detailed questionnaire in your own time. This replaces the need for a long first meeting and helps us keep the process efficient.
02 Review
We manually review your responses and let you know which pathway is most appropriate for your current stage.
05 Prepare
We prepare your documents for your business, applying legal judgement and review before anything is delivered.
03 Scope
If a fixed-fee package is suitable, we confirm the scope, fee and terms of engagement before any work starts.
06 Implement
You receive practical implementation guidance so you know what the documents are, where to use them and what to do next.
For our first package, a 15-minute implementation check-in is included.
When things do not fit neatly into a package
3 Degrees Legal is also a commercial legal practice.
If your business need does not fit neatly within a fixed-fee package, we can consider whether a separately scoped engagement is appropriate.
And if we are not the right provider, we will tell you and, where appropriate, suggest another pathway.
Ready to find the right starting point?
Business Foundations is designed to help you work out what legal support makes sense for your business now — not just what might be useful one day.
You can start with the Business Foundations Check, and we will review your responses to identify the most appropriate next step.
If you would prefer to understand the available packages first, you can also view the Foundation Packages page.