A modern law firm for companies that need modern legal counsel.
We price to a defined scope of work, not a runaway billable-hour meter. We don't send associates to your board meetings. We don't pretend a seven-partner review ladder is what quality looks like in 2026.
Built by operators, for operators.
NanoGC started with a shared observation: the companies that need senior legal judgment the most, venture-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and mid-market businesses, are the worst served by the legal market. They're too lean to hire a full-time General Counsel. They're too sophisticated to be well-served by billable-hour outside counsel. And they're too important to hand off to a first-year associate reviewing a template.
We built the firm we wished our in-house clients had access to. Senior partners, predictable scoped pricing, embedded delivery, and a business mindset that matches theirs. No associate training budgets baked into your invoice. No partners-meet-with-associates handoff theater. No legal memos that read like academic papers. Just the GC function, owned and run by people who have done the job.
We're intentionally small. A founding partner; a curated bench of of counsel and paralegals; no ambition to grow into a traditional firm. The work is better at this scale, and so are the outcomes for our clients.
"We built the firm we wished our in-house clients had access to."Eugene Kim, Founding Partner
Three principles that shape every engagement.
Judgment over hours
The value of a General Counsel isn't measured in time entries. It's measured in the judgment calls that keep problems from happening, the contract clause you pushed back on, the deal you walked away from, the regulatory posture you corrected before the audit. We charge for outcomes, not minutes.
AI-forward delivery
We use AI to accelerate research, drafting, and document review, which means our clients get partner-level output at the pace that modern business demands. The judgment is still human. The speed is compounded by the tools. This isn't a marketing claim, it's how we actually work.
Specialty depth
Venture financings. VC fund formation, from early-stage funds to larger funds above $25M. AI governance. Complex commercial disputes. We built NanoGC around specific areas where our partners have operator-level fluency, not a wide-aperture practice of "everything legal." Depth beats breadth when the stakes are real.
Operators who've worked with us.
Eugene is the 10x lawyer. When you're building something as complicated as a digital health platform, pharmacy integrations, clinical licensing, provider agreements, regulatory exposure, you need someone who doesn't just hand you a document and disappear. Eugene thinks through the business with you in real time. He's the reason we can move fast without breaking things legally.
Eugene and the NanoGC team are the reason I can actually sleep at night. When I hit a serious data and vendor compliance issue, I knew exactly who to call, and within one conversation, they had reframed the risk clearly, mapped a path forward, and made me feel like I had a real legal team in my corner. That's what fractional GC should feel like.
NanoGC has been a critical part of AE's operations. Eugene isn't a vendor we engage when something goes wrong, he's embedded in how we run and grow. That's the difference between outside counsel and a true legal partner.