29 CX Leslee Cohen, ALLRise Legal Counsel - Wall Street’s Loss is the Start-Up World’s Gain!

The Corporate Expat™ Experience with Nicole Colwell

Nov 1 2023 • 33 mins

Meet Leslee Cohen, the attorney who left Wall Street and a prominent law firm to launch her own firm - doing things her way, on her terms! Leslee’s love for law and for start-ups combined with her vision of a law firm that provides flexibility for employees with a commitment to client success culminated in a start-up of her own - ALLRise Legal Counsel.

In this episode, Leslee shares her journey from Wall Street to Entrepreneur and provides insights on the needs of start-up businesses - from a legal perspective and from an entrepreneur’s perspective with experience being in the trenches, running the business.

Leslee shares valuable start-up advice from a start-up founder’s viewpoint including:

  • What it takes to create a business that works for you, on YOUR terms
  • Getting your ducks in a row - why and when to engage an attorney for your business
  • Considerations in your business when it comes to cap tables, raising capital and taking on partners

Tune in to Episode 29 to learn more about those legal questions you didn’t see coming from the start-up attorney who’s been there and done that!

Leslee Cohen is a Start-up, M&A and Corporate Attorney who combines big firm experience and expertise with a small firm rates and an entrepreneurial mindset. Learn more about ALLRise Legal Counsel by visiting https://www.allriselawyers.com/