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ARM ONE — THE ADVISORY ENGINE

Senior counsel, built into your organization.

Strategic Advisory, contract lifecycle, and judgment for organizations navigating complex terrain — the depth of a general counsel without the full-time overhead.

→ Nonprofits & advocacy organizations

→ Tech founders raising & scaling

→ Executives in high-stakes moments

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THE EIGHT SERVICES

Strategic Advisory

Board-level counsel on the decisions that shape the organization — structure, risk, partnerships, and the moments where legal strategy and business strategy are the same conversation.

Legal & Litigation Support

Contract negotiation, dispute strategy, and pre-litigation positioning — and when a matter requires management of outside counsel, legal support and cross-functional partnership so nothing is lost in translation.

Compliance, HR & Governance

Policies that hold up under pressure: employment matters, board governance, and the regulatory obligations that come with growth, funding, and public attention.

Narrative Strategy & Communications

What you say in a high-stakes moment is a legal decision. Messaging counsel for announcements, crises, and campaigns — built with the legal exposure in view.

Fundraising & Donor Engagement

Cultivation playbooks, major-donor pitch decks, ask language by tier, and sponsorship packages — with the reception design, follow-up templates, and impact reporting that turn a single moment into a sustained relationship.

Legal Operations

The infrastructure of a well-run legal function: contract pipelines, templates, playbooks, and tooling that let a lean team move like a bigger one.

Civic Convenings — The Civic Room

The practice's public arm: panels and convenings produced with the organizations doing the work. This service lives on the other side of the spine — enter The Civic Room.

Fractional GC & Startup Advisory

Ongoing senior counsel embedded in your leadership rhythm — present for the board meeting, the term sheet, and the Tuesday question that can't wait for a law firm's intake process.

WHAT WORKING WITH IDEATE LEGAL LOOKS LIKE

Fractional GC through a fundraise

A hyper-growth startup preparing for a major fundraising round needed senior legal oversight of its contract lifecycle, IP portfolio, and investor readiness — without the overhead of a full-time hire. Ideate Legal served as fractional GC, building the infrastructure that makes it possible, and stayed on to provide continued legal support to the team.

ARM ONE — THE ADVISORY ENGINE

Legal Advisory

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ARM TWO — THE PUBLIC PLATFORM

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DEVIKA TANDON · TORONTO → SYDNEY → LOS ANGELES

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Devika Tandon is in good standing with the New York State Bar. No litigation services offered.

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12 yrs

Inside the system from every angle — federal, in-house, nonprofit

NYSE IPO

Senior in-house counsel at FIGS through a successful public offering

65+ cases

Representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

4 federal institutions

DOJ Attorney-Advisor overseeing the legal portfolio across SoCal

THE PHILOSOPHY

“We don’t just protect your interests. We help you advance them.”

Devika Tandon — Founder, Ideate Legal

Bring senior counsel inside your organization.

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