In a blog post today, Atrium founder Justin Kan confirmed the news first reported on this blog yesterday, that the company is letting go most of its legal services staff and that it will now pivot its focus towards “building a professional services network dedicated to founders.”
The company will keep a small group of lawyers in-house to serve clients in more-sophisticated matters such as financings and M&As, Kan said.
Also as I reported yesterday, the lawyers being let go are being given the option of becoming “preferred providers” in the professional services network.
The company will continue to invest in legal, Kan said, and will soon announce new senior partners who will work with the outside professionals in the network.
However, Atrium’s focus going forward will take a more “holistic” approach to serving startups, helping them not only with legal issues, but also providing services and advice to help them grow their businesses.
Below is the full text of Kan’s post.
The Future of Atrium
By Justin Kan
At Atrium, we are on a mission to accelerate the growth of our clients. When we started Atrium two and a half years ago, our idea was to transform the legal industry to become better for both lawyers and founders. For the entrepreneurial lawyers who joined us on this mission, we strived to be a workplace that offered the lifestyle and control missing in big law. For founders, we redefined the relationship they have with their legal counsel by providing fast, transparent, and price-predictable services managed through the most client-centric platform for legal applications.
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