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Notes on commercial and corporate law for UK startups, plus the occasional look at how we build the firm.
- Fundraising and investment
Common legal pitfalls when raising SEIS
Qualifying for SEIS is the easy part. The relief is more often lost in the execution: order, timing, advance assurance and the compliance statement.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Team and equity
Hiring contractors in the UK: the pitfalls around IR35
IR35, disguised employment and the pitfalls that catch UK companies out when hiring contractors, plus the IP assignment people forget.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Team and equity
Options or actual shares for your first hires?
Shares, options or growth shares for your first hires? What each instrument actually does, and why options are usually the right default.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Fundraising and investment
The founders' agreement conversation you should have upfront
Equity, roles, commitment, vesting and leavers. The founders' agreement conversation to have at the start, while it is still cheap.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Commercial contracts
We're getting our first customers and I need a contract: what do I need to consider?
Your first customer contract is really a template. Scope, payment, liability, IP, data and the clauses your customer will push back on.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Fundraising and investment
Why companies have different classes of shares
A share is a bundle of rights, not one thing. Preference shares, growth shares, non-voting and alphabet shares explained for founders.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 7 August 2026 - Inside Kyra
What an AI-native firm actually looks like on the inside
The architecture of an AI-native law firm: firm, client and matter levels, a master matter table, and a quality control agent.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 22 July 2026 - Inside Kyra
The Magna Carta was a bad document
A light look at the Magna Carta as a piece of contract drafting, and what modern legal documents get right that it did not.
Co-founder, Technology · 16 July 2026 - Inside Kyra
The Admin Iceberg
Around 80% of what a corporate lawyer does is admin, and clients pay premium rates for all of it. How an AI-native firm splits the work differently.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 15 July 2026 - Inside Kyra
An AI-native firm: the difference is structural, not cosmetic
What actually separates an AI-native law firm from a traditional firm using AI tools. The difference is structural, not cosmetic.
Co-founder, Legal & Product · 30 June 2026 - Commercial contracts
What is a good contract?
Can you objectively measure whether a contract is good? A look at the business and analytical metrics we use at Kyra Law.
Co-founder, Technology · 30 June 2026
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