SERVING REDMOND FROM BELLEVUE · SINCE 1965
Redmond Startup & Business Attorneys
Redmond runs on companies, from the largest software campus in the world to the two-founder startup down the road. We counsel both, from an office a short drive south.
Microsoft anchors Redmond. SpaceX runs a Starlink facility in town, and Nintendo of America is here too, along with a deep bench of software, gaming, and hardware firms. A steady stream of new ventures spins out of all of them. That kind of company work is the core of Oseran Hahn's business practice. Many of our founders left Microsoft or SpaceX to start their own. We form the entity, paper the founder agreements, review the commercial contracts, structure the financing, and stand in as outside general counsel for companies not yet ready to hire a lawyer in-house. Redmond's technology economy also draws significant investment from families and companies in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, work the firm has handled for more than four decades. Our office is a short drive southwest of the Redmond campuses, close enough that a working session does not require anyone to block out half a day.
Local context
Most of what a Redmond company needs from a law firm is transactional and advisory work that keeps a growing business out of trouble. Oseran Hahn chooses and forms the right entity, drafts founder and equity agreements before they become disputes, negotiates vendor and customer contracts, works through financing rounds, and eventually advises on a sale, a merger, or a generational handoff. For companies in the roughly five-to-fifty-million-dollar range that have real legal needs but not enough recurring work to justify a full-time general counsel, the firm acts as the company's legal department on a monthly retainer, with one partner who learns the business and stays with it. Redmond's role as a landing point for Pacific Rim investment connects to the firm's foreign-inbound-investment practice. Families and companies from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore come to diversify into U.S. businesses and real estate, and the firm handles the entity formation, the investment itself, and the federal reporting that comes with foreign ownership. When an investment is tied to a visa, we work alongside the client's immigration counsel. The firm practices in English and Japanese, which helps when a Redmond deal involves a parent company across the Pacific. Its family law practice serves Redmond households, including divorces that involve a business or a trust, and the firm also handles personal injury cases and counsels churches and ministries.
Frequently asked questions
Does Oseran Hahn work with early-stage Redmond startups?
Yes. We handle entity formation, founder and equity agreements, and commercial contracts for new companies, and we act as outside general counsel for those not yet ready to hire a lawyer in-house.
Which court handles a Redmond business dispute?
King County Superior Court at the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Redmond is north of Interstate 90, so it falls in the Seattle Case Assignment Area under local rule LCR 82.
We're a foreign company investing in a Redmond venture. Can you help?
Yes. For more than forty years the firm has represented families and companies from across the Pacific Rim investing in the U.S., handling entity formation, FIRPTA and Form 5472 reporting, and the transaction itself. When the investment supports a visa application, we work alongside your immigration counsel. We practice in English and Japanese.
What does outside general counsel cost for a Redmond company?
The General Counsel engagement is a monthly retainer with a defined scope and a single partner as your point of contact, priced for predictability. The right structure depends on the company's size and deal flow, which we work out in the first conversation.
What kind of lawyer does a Redmond startup or small business need?
A business and corporate attorney. Early on, that means forming the company, setting up the cap table and founder agreements, and papering the first hires and commercial contracts. When the company grows, many owners keep that same firm on as outside general counsel, on a monthly retainer, instead of hiring a lawyer in-house.
What does it cost to work with Oseran Hahn on a Redmond matter?
We quote at the first conversation, and that conversation costs nothing. When we understand the matter, we tell you how we would bill it before any work starts. Injury cases run on contingency, with no fee unless we recover. Ongoing business clients can keep us on a fixed monthly retainer.
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