Marisa Nack is a corporate and commercial attorney who advises startups, founders, and investors on formation, venture financing, and commercial contracting. With more than a decade of experience across BigLaw, high-growth technology companies, and fractional general counsel roles. She helps early-stage and venture-backed businesses navigate complex legal and operational challenges with clarity, efficiency, and confidence. Marisa provides end-to-end legal support to emerging and scaling companies, including guidance on entity formation, equity and capitalization structures, and fundraising strategy. She regularly drafts and negotiates SAFEs, convertible notes, preferred stock financings, MSAs, enterprise SaaS and licensing agreements, NDAs, partner and reseller agreements, and data privacy documentation. Her practice is grounded in helping clients build durable legal foundations that support growth, fundraising, and long-term operational success. Previously, Marisa served in senior roles at an investment technology startup, operating at the intersection of legal, product, and customer success. In that capacity, she partnered closely with engineering and product teams to create and improve data models, led company-wide legal training initiatives, and managed strategic relationships with institutional investor clients. This hands-on operating experience gives Marisa a distinct advantage: she understands how legal decisions impact product development, internal processes, and customer relationships in real-world environments. Earlier in her career, Marisa practiced at both boutique and global law firms, advising venture funds, private fund managers, and early-stage companies on fund formation, securities compliance, investor relations, and regulatory filings. She has also authored numerous legal articles and regulatory updates for firm publications. Marisa brings a rare blend of legal rigor, operational insight, and product-oriented thinking to her work. She is known for providing practical, solutions-driven counsel that aligns with business realities—not unnecessary legal complexity. Clients describe her as responsive, thoughtful, and exceptionally easy to work with. Her goal is simple: to give founders the legal foundation they need to move quickly, close deals efficiently, and scale with confidence.

Karissa Rivera is a trademark attorney focused on helping businesses build, protect, and enforce brands with clarity and foresight. Her area of practice centers on U.S. trademark strategy, prosecution, clearance, and risk assessment, with an emphasis on preventing problems before they become expensive disputes. Known for her direct, practical approach, Karissa advises founders, creatives, other attorneys, and growing companies on the real-world implications, benefits, and uses of trademark law. She regularly handles complex trademark matters, and she is skilled at translating nuanced legal analysis into clear, actionable guidance for clients. Karissa understands that lasting brands require both creativity and legal discipline. She works closely with clients to understand their business goals, risk tolerance, and long-term vision, then designs intellectual property strategies that support growth while minimizing exposure. Clients appreciate her thoughtful, candid counsel and her commitment to protecting not only their trademarks, but their creations, branding, and businesses as a whole.

Richard Devlin has extensive experience as a corporate attorney, having worked in large law firms, as a solo practitioner, and in-house counsel. He has experience with public and private securities transactions, contracts, risk management, lending, global enterprises, corporate governance and M&A. Richard is well-versed in general corporate law and has experience working with regulated industries. Richard served as inside counsel for several corporations in the technology, SaaS and investment services industries. Richard has worked with companies of all sizes, from seed-stage startups to public companies, alternative investment funds, registered broker-dealers and real estate investment trusts, with a specialization in private fundraising. He has also served as an advisory board member to two early-stage startup enterprises. Earlier in his career, Mr. Devlin was an associate attorney at Reed Smith, LLP and Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, specializing in corporate and transactional law. Richard is a member of the Pennsylvania bar, with a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from The American University in Washington, DC. He is also a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Deniz Celikkaya is a UK-qualified solicitor who advises organisations on navigating the evolving landscape of AI, data, and digital regulation, helping them build compliant, transparent, and accountable systems aligned with the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. Experience and career highlights include: -Corporate Solicitor at a leading UK law firm, advising on cross-border technology, IP, and AI compliance matters for startups, scale-ups, and listed companies. -Managing Partner at Atka & Partners, a London-based boutique advisory supporting clients on AI governance, risk readiness, and investor-facing due diligence. -Head of Product Compliance at RevAIsor, where I built an end-to-end AI risk management system aligned with the EU’s high-risk classification framework and implemented bias audit methodologies. -Advisor to British brands and public institutions, embedding ethical AI practices across finance, defence, and digital services, including pilots with the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence AI Centre. -Published Author in international journals such as Nordic Journal of European Law and Navigating the AI Revolution, with work focusing on algorithmic accountability, synthetic data, and AI ethics. -Mentor & Educator with UCL Entrepreneurs, AI Forge, and ForHumanity, supporting founders, policymakers, and compliance teams in developing robust AI governance models.