Strategic counsel for high-stakes transactions and growth-focused operators. Legal architecture for acquisitions, capital raises, and complex ownership structures — built by someone who’s actually been in the deal.
Strata Law and Advisory is a boutique legal strategy firm advising acquisition entrepreneurs, fund managers, and founder-operators navigating transactions where structure determines power, risk, and outcome.
This is not document drafting. This is deal architecture.
The Problem We Solve
Most companies don’t fail because of bad ideas.They lose value because of poor structure, fragmented legal advice, and reactive counsel.
◼ Deals collapse late due to preventable structuring errors
◼ Founders inherit hidden liabilities they never priced
◼ Capital raises expose operators to unnecessary regulatory risk
◼ Governance breaks under scale, investors lose confidence, exits get messy
Traditional lawyers draft what they’re told. They don’t own the outcome.
Strata exists to fix that.
What makes us different
Operator-Level Legal Strategy
Strata Law and Advisory was built for people deploying capital, buying businesses, and scaling enterprises — not for those who want a law firm on standby.
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Dual Perspective
Attorney and fund manager
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Outcome-Driven Structuring
Every legal decision ties back to control, valuation, and downside protection
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Proactive, Not Reactive
We anticipate friction before it appears in diligence or negotiations
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Boutique Access, Institutional Rigor
Direct founder relationship backed by top-tier legal execution
If your legal strategy isn’t improving deal certainty or enterprise value, it’s a liability.
Who We Work With
We advise a narrow band of serious operators and capital allocators:
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SMB buyers and acquisition entrepreneurs
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Private investors, family offices, and fund managers
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Real estate syndicators and sponsors
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Founders preparing for liquidity or exit
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Service-based businesses where ownership, risk, and cash flow must be engineered correctly
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Lower middle-market companies scaling aggressively
If you’re buying, selling, raising, or organizing - structure is the game.
Core Capabilities
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side representation from LOI through closing. Clean diligence, decisive negotiations, and structures that hold under pressure.
Securities Law & Capital Formation
Reg D and Reg A+ offerings, PPMs, subscription documents, and compliance systems engineered for speed, defensibility, and investor trust.
Corporate Structuring & Governance
Entity architecture, operating agreements, waterfalls, incentive plans, and control frameworks designed for scale — not cleanup later.
Strategic Advisory & Fractional General Counsel
Embedded legal quarterbacking for operators who need a single strategic mind overseeing risk, transactions, and outside counsel.
How Engagements Work
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Strategic Legal Assessment Deep dive into your structure, risks, goals, and deal dynamics.
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Targeted Execution Precision work on transactions, capital, governance, or restructuring.
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Ongoing Strategic Counsel Fractional GC support aligned with growth, capital strategy, and risk tolerance.
Simple. Predictable. No surprises.
About the Founder
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BUILT BY AN OPERATOR–ATTORNEY WHO HAS SAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE
Marc F. Demshock is a deal-focused attorney, former fund manager, and strategic advisor to operators and capital allocators navigating complex transactions and growth.
Unlike traditional counsel, Marc has operated inside the deals he now structures- raising capital, managing risk, negotiating leverage, and designing governance for real- world outcomes.
His background includes:
▪ Securities, capital markets, corporate, and real estate law
▪ Former General Counsel to a multi-billion-dollar family office
▪ Lead counsel on private offerings, syndications, and Reg D capital raises
▪ Advisor to acquisition entrepreneurs, family offices, and growth-stage companies
▪ Specialist in entity architecture, downside protection, and negotiation strategy
Strata Law and Advisory was founded to deliver what most firms cannot: legal strategy that understands how businesses are actually built, capitalized, and exited