Buhler Duggal & Henry

What Buhler Duggal & Henry does

Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP is a corporate boutique law firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Boston and San Francisco. The firm serves the commercial and transactional legal needs of development-stage and middle-market companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, and venture capital investors. Practice areas span startups and emerging companies, venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, executive employment, strategic transactions and licensing, private investment funds, tax, and an international clients group covering corporate entities, investors, and high-net-worth individuals across the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. Since inception, the firm has represented over 700 clients and counseled on approximately $3 billion in aggregate transaction value across more than 40 countries.

The firm operates on a "one firm / one rate" blended billing structure that explicitly eschews traditional law firm hierarchy, and its partners and associates are recruited from elite AM Law 100 and international firms including Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Proskauer Rose, Shearman & Sterling, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Gunderson Dettmer, White & Case, and Noerr LLP. The team includes three co-founders (Joshua Buhler, Raoul Duggal, Eric Henry) plus additional partners, of-counsel, and associates, with notable 2024 additions Steve Zehden (from Noerr LLP), Sophia Berger (from White & Case/Freshfields), and Jack Paterson (from Gunderson Dettmer). The firm was ranked in the Chambers New York Spotlight 2025 Guide in Corporate/Commercial rankings.

The business model is a traditional professional services partnership: revenue is generated on a blended hourly or engagement basis across partner-led teams, with no disclosed public pricing, fixed-fee tiers, or alternative fee arrangements. Distribution is entirely direct, through partner-led client relationships and referrals, supported by content marketing (firm news, legal developments) and a LinkedIn presence. The firm is privately held as a New York limited liability partnership with no institutional investors, parent company, or M&A activity. Notable representative clients span Neurocad ($2.5M Series Seed), Rythm Health ($15M Series A+), Commons Clinic ($30M Series B), Succinct ($56M Seed/Series A), Axoni ($25M Seed/Series A), Caper (acquired by Instacart), Grailed (acquired by GOAT), HotelTonight (acquired by Airbnb), Refinery29 (acquired by Vice), and venture funds including Courtside Ventures, Bowery Capital, and Flybridge Capital Partners.

Name

Buhler Duggal & Henry

Legal name

Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP

Website

https://bdhllp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP is a New York-based corporate boutique law firm that serves as outside general counsel to development-stage and middle-market companies and their venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund investors. The firm advises on venture financings, M&A, and international transactions across offices in New York, Boston, and San Francisco.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transaction Services (Financial, Tax & Commercial Due Diligence) (BPAHAOAB)

Keywords

• Corporate legal services
• Venture capital transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions counsel
• Emerging company representation
• Outside general counsel

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Corporate/Transactional: The firm provides full-service corporate counsel to emerging and established companies, as well as their investors. Services include advising on mergers and acquisitions, venture and growth financings, securities issuance and sale, executive employment matters, strategic transactions and licensing, private investment funds, and tax matters. The firm operates on a one firm/one rate blended billing structure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP is a corporate boutique law firm providing full-service transactional legal counsel to development-stage companies, middle-market businesses, venture capital and private equity investors, and high-net-worth individuals. Services span the corporate life cycle—from formation, venture financings, securities issuance, M&A, and executive employment to strategic transactions, licensing, private fund work, tax, and cross-border international matters—delivered through partner-led teams on a one firm / one rate blended billing basis.

Product overview

Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP is a corporate boutique law firm, not a technology product company. The firm provides legal services including Startups & Emerging Companies counsel, Venture & Growth Financings, Mergers & Acquisitions, Executive Employment, Strategic Transactions & Licensing, Private Investment Funds, Tax, and International Law services. No distinct product modules or technology offerings were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Startups & Emerging Companies Counsel Outside general counsel services for startups and emerging companies covering company formation, equity structure, taxation, employment matters, intellectual property protection, financing readiness, and corporate governance throughout the development stage.
• Venture & Growth Financings Representation for companies and investors in venture capital and growth financings, including seed and priced equity rounds, convertible notes, SAFEs, secondary transactions, and tender offers.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Counsel for buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases, spin-offs, joint ventures, and cross-border M&A transactions, advising companies and financial sponsors.
• Executive Employment Sophisticated employment and compensation advice for companies and executives, including executive structuring, employment and separation agreements, and non-competition or restrictive covenants, including matters arising from M&A and restructurings.
• Strategic Transactions & Licensing Counsel on strategic transactions, commercial agreements, and licensing arrangements for emerging and established companies.
• Private Investment Funds Counsel for sponsors and investors in private investment funds pursuing buyout, venture capital, and real estate strategies, including fund formation, investment in funds, regulatory compliance, carried interest planning, co-investment arrangements, and secondary transfers.
• Tax Tax counsel for companies and investors on tax matters arising in connection with formations, financings, M&A, fund work, executive compensation, and cross-border transactions.
• International Law International legal services for corporate entities, investors, and high-net-worth individuals in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America, including U.S. market entry, cross-border M&A and securities matters, with multilingual attorneys admitted in multiple U.S. and international jurisdictions and affiliates in major business centers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 clients represented since 2010
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Thompson & PrinceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 May 2024Branding and web agency that collaborated with Buhler Duggal & Henry on the launch of their new website in May 2024. The firm worked with Thompson & Prince for months on creating a user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cooley LLP: Major full-service law firm widely regarded as the dominant legal advisor to venture-backed tech and life sciences companies. Cooley competes for the same VC/startup mandates BDH targets but offers a far broader practice and global office footprint.
• Goodwin Procter LLP: Large AmLaw firm with a market-leading practice in venture capital, private equity, and emerging companies. Goodwin is a frequent competitor for VC financings and growth equity deals that BDH also targets.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: The preeminent tech, life sciences, and venture capital law firm based in Silicon Valley. WSGR represents many of the same categories of issuer and investor clients as BDH but at a much larger scale and with deeper specialty coverage.
• Latham & Watkins LLP: Global elite law firm with a substantial emerging companies/venture practice. Latham competes for large venture and growth equity transactions and cross-border M&A that overlap with BDH's mandate.
• Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Tech-focused law firm known for its emerging companies and venture capital practice, particularly in the Bay Area. Orrick competes with BDH for startup and VC fund formation work across the U.S.
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP: Elite corporate law firm and a key former employer of BDH's founding partners (Joshua Buhler, Carl Berry). Simpson Thacher competes for the largest M&A, securities, and PE/VC transactions that BDH's clients outgrow into.
• DLA Piper: Global law firm with an active emerging companies, venture capital, and growth equity practice across multiple U.S. offices and internationally. Overlaps with BDH's startup and cross-border transactional work.
• Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: Elite Wall Street law firm advising on M&A, securities, and corporate governance matters for sophisticated clients. Davis Polk is the type of firm BDH's partners came from and competes against for higher-end transactional work.

Direct peers

• Fenwick & West LLP: Boutique-style tech and life sciences law firm with a long-standing focus on venture financings, M&A, and public offerings for emerging companies. Highly comparable to BDH in client base and transaction types, with a stronger West Coast concentration.
• Gunderson Dettmer: Premier boutique law firm focused on venture capital, growth financings, and emerging company representation. Gunderson Dettmer is BDH's closest direct peer—same client base (VC-backed startups, venture funds), same deal types (formation through exit), and same geographic catchment (NYC/Boston/SF/West Coast).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/buhler-duggal-&-henry-llp/about

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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