Hoberman Law Group

What Hoberman Law Group does

Hoberman Law Group is a New York-based boutique law firm founded in fall 2014 by Lori S. Hoberman, a former Chair of Chadbourne & Parke's Emerging Companies/Venture Capital Practice and former head of Fish & Richardson's VC practice. The firm advises entrepreneurs and venture capital investors on entity formation, fundraising, employment compensation, intellectual property protection, board governance, and exit transactions, serving clients across fintech, ad tech, mobile, biotech, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and enterprise solutions. The firm monetizes through custom-quoted legal fees on multi-year engagements with no published pricing tiers, and is staffed by the founder plus at least one associate (Izzy Cohn), placing headcount at 2-5 personnel.

The firm's core products are its two advisory service lines - legal and business counsel for entrepreneurs, and venture capital legal counsel for angel and institutional investors - supplemented by an Entrepreneur Resource Center providing downloadable guides on startup topics such as LLC formation, VC math, executive summaries, due diligence, and IP protection. There is no proprietary technology platform; service delivery relies on the founder's personal expertise, network, and direct client engagement. Distribution is entirely relationship-driven: the founder's leadership of MIT Enterprise Forum NYC, mentorship with 37 Angels, event hosting such as "Chocolate Night," and earned media coverage in AlleyWatch, Forbes, Huffington Post, and The Story Exchange generate leads and referrals within the NYC venture capital community. The firm maintains a single headquarters at 85 Fifth Avenue in New York City and does not disclose financials, making revenue and growth trajectory inferable only from scale proxies.

Name

Hoberman Law Group

Legal name

Hoberman Law Group

Website

https://hobermanlawgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Hoberman Law Group is a New York-based boutique law firm advising entrepreneurs and venture capital investors on entity formation, fundraising, IP, and exits for startup and fast-growth companies. Founded in 2014 by Lori Hoberman, it serves clients across fintech, biotech, ad tech, and e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Services: Law firm providing legal and strategic advice to entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. Services include advising on entity formation, fundraising, employment compensation, intellectual property protection, and exit strategies. Revenue generated through legal fees for professional services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hoberman Law Group is a boutique New York City law firm that provides legal and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs, startup founders, and venture capital investors. Core offerings include guidance on entity formation, fundraising documentation, investor negotiations, employment compensation structures (including stock option plans), intellectual property protection, board governance, and exit transactions. The firm supports startups and fast-growth companies through all stages from early formation to exit.

Product overview

Hoberman Law Group is a single law firm offering legal and business advisory services focused on two core client segments: entrepreneurs (particularly startups and fast-growth companies) and venture capital investors. The firm provides venture capital legal counsel alongside general business legal services. The Entrepreneur Resource Center serves as an educational sub-product providing downloadable guides and templates on startup-related topics including entity formation, fundraising, due diligence, IP protection, and board management. Services span multiple industries including fin tech, ad tech, mobile, biotech, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and enterprise solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal and Business Advisory Services for Entrepreneurs Comprehensive legal and business advice for entrepreneurs and founders of startup and fast-growth companies, covering marketplace innovation, entity formation, employment compensation, intellectual property protection, and exit strategies.
• Venture Capital Legal Counsel Legal representation and strategic guidance for angel and institutional venture capital investors, including counsel on investments, formation of investment funds, due diligence, and portfolio company oversight.
• Entrepreneur Resource Center Educational resource hub providing downloadable guides and templates on startup-related topics including LLC formation, venture capital math, executive summaries, due diligence checklists, IP protection, and board management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Standard 4-year vesting with 1-year cliff for stock options; up to 20% company equity can be issued in stock options to employees in first 3 years

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IMG LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Co-founder of IMG Labs, a new innovation incubator. Lori Hoberman co-founded this incubator as part of her entrepreneurial activities, positioning herself at the center of startup ecosystem development.
• Mojiva Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Co-founder of Mojiva Inc., a mobile advertising company. This represents a significant entrepreneurial venture outside of legal practice, demonstrating Lori Hoberman's involvement in building and scaling startups.
• 37 AngelscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMentor to 37 Angels, an angel investment network. This mentorship role connects Lori Hoberman with early-stage companies and provides her firm with visibility among funded startups.
• MIT Enterprise Forum NYCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChairs the NYC Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum. Lori organizes events and programs including a week-long summer program in entrepreneurship for NYC high school girls. This leadership position provides significant visibility and networking within the NYC tech community.
• BuildingLinkminorOthersJerry Kestenbaum and BuildingLink provided office space and friendship when Lori launched her firm, turning the new venture into a welcoming experience. BuildingLink is described as a 'BuildingLink family' that welcomed the law firm.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Gunderson Dettmer: Gunderson Dettmer is the leading US law firm dedicated to venture capital and emerging companies, advising startups and investors across fundraising, M&A, and IPOs. It is the most direct peer to Hoberman in terms of client base (founders and VCs) and practice focus, though at significantly larger scale (400+ attorneys).
• Founders Legal: Founders Legal is a boutique law firm focused on serving startups, founders, and venture investors with entity formation, fundraising, and IP services. It is a closer scale match to Hoberman (smaller boutique) while operating in a similar founder-focused niche, making it the most direct peer in terms of size and business model.

Broad incumbents

• Cooley LLP: Cooley is one of the largest US law firms with a market-leading venture capital and emerging companies practice representing issuers and investors across all stages. It serves the same NYC startup/VC client base as Hoberman but at a much broader scale and with full-service capabilities including litigation, IP, and regulatory.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini is the preeminent technology and life sciences law firm, with a flagship emerging companies practice serving startups from formation through IPO. Comparable to Hoberman in advising founders and VCs but vastly larger, with national reach and deeper specialty benches in IP and securities.
• Fenwick & West: Fenwick & West is a leading Silicon Valley-based law firm serving technology and life sciences companies, with strong venture capital and startup formation practices. It serves an overlapping founder/investor client base but is concentrated on the West Coast rather than NYC.
• Goodwin Procter: Goodwin Procter has one of the largest and most active venture capital practices in the US, advising both companies and VC/PE investors across fund formation, financings, and exits. Its NYC presence and emerging companies practice directly overlap with Hoberman's target market, though at significantly larger scale.
• Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe: Orrick maintains a top-tier venture capital and emerging companies practice representing startups and investors in financings, M&A, and IPOs. It has a substantial NYC office serving the same founder/VC ecosystem as Hoberman, with broader transactional and litigation capabilities.
• Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with a strong emerging companies and venture capital practice advising startups, VC funds, and growth equity investors. Comparable to Hoberman in client type but vastly broader in scale, geography, and service offering.

Emerging players

• Clerky: Clerky is a tech-enabled legal services company that automates incorporation, fundraising, and cap table workflows for startups, offering attorney-prepared documents at lower cost than traditional firms. It competes with Hoberman's lower-end services (formation, basic fundraising) while creating a new model for delivering legal work to the same founder client base.
• LegalZoom: LegalZoom is an online legal services platform offering entity formation, registered agent services, and basic legal documents targeted at small businesses and startups. It overlaps with Hoberman's entity formation and startup incorporation work, though at a much lower price point and via self-service technology rather than bespoke counsel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/lorihoberman
• YouTubeyoutube.com/results?search_query=lori+hoberman
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/pub/lori-hoberman/33/552/3a7

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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