📞 LA: +1 (310) 228-6215 | SF: +1 (415) 336-3001
.jpeg/:/rs=h:1000,cg:true,m)
📞 LA: +1 (310) 228-6215 | SF: +1 (415) 336-3001
Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
We advise businesses on mission-critical decisions, protect equity and intellectual property, and negotiate successful resolutions to high-stakes disputes and transactions.
The Law Offices of Nate Kelly—based in San Francisco and Beverly Hills—represents companies and founders navigating pivotal business events. Whether you’re entering a key transaction, facing high-exposure litigation, or need seasoned legal strategy in a fast-moving deal, we bring the credibility, experience, and discipline of a premier business law firm. With over $200 million resolved across transactions and disputes in the last decade, our record speaks for itself.
Since 2010, clients have relied on The Law Offices of Nate Kelly to guide them through make-or-break moments—from complex contract negotiations to contested equity ownership and high-value settlements. We’ve helped clients:
Whether you’re entering a new venture or navigating a high-stakes dispute, expert counsel isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. Let us be the trusted partner in your next critical move.
Nate Kelly is a trusted legal strategist, business advocate, and recognized thought leader in complex commercial law. As founder of The Law Offices of Nate Kelly, he has built a reputation for winning high-stakes litigation, closing transformative deals, and advising companies at the bleeding edge of innovation with integrity and precision.
Since founding the firm in 2010, Mr. Kelly has advised early-stage companies, growth-stage enterprises, and established institutions on critical legal matters—from securities transactions and private equity deals to trade secret disputes and commercial arbitrations.
Nate has been honored by Super Lawyers, rated 10/10 by Avvo, and selected to the Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators® in America—an accolade reserved for the top 0.5% of business litigators nationwide. He is frequently recognized by both San Francisco and Los Angeles legal media for excellence in advocacy.
“Clients don’t hire me for boilerplate. They hire me because they’re at an inflection point. I give them clarity, credibility, and leverage.”
Mr. Kelly holds offices in both San Francisco and Beverly Hills and is admitted to practice in all California state and federal courts.
J.D., USC Gould School of Law
– High Honors, Merit Scholarship
B.A., University of Maryland, College Park
– Dean’s Scholar, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
At The Law Offices of Nate Kelly, we don’t litigate for sport—we litigate to win, to resolve, and to preserve what our clients have built.
Representing clients in critical business disputes—from founder breakups to hostile takeovers, trade secret theft, securities litigation, and breach-of-contract matters.
From preliminary injunctions to bet-the-company trials, our approach is strategic, measured, and client-focused. With over $150 million resolved through litigation, we bring the judgment and clarity needed to navigate business-critical disputes.
At The Law Offices of Nate Kelly, we provide end-to-end legal support for businesses navigating mission-critical transactions.
Whether you’re closing a deal, entering a strategic partnership, or restructuring ownership, our role is to create leverage, reduce risk, and preserve upside.
With experience negotiating and closing over $100 million worth of commercial transactions—from early-stage financing to IP acquisitions and equity buyouts—we deliver sharp, practical counsel at every phase of the business lifecycle.
From incorporation to exit, the decisions you make as a founder carry legal weight and financial consequence.
We serve as trusted counsel to early-stage and growth-stage companies navigating formation, fundraising, founder dynamics, IP protection, equity structuring, and commercial scaling.
Whether you need on-demand general counsel or strategic guidance during pivotal moments—term sheet review, investor negotiations, co-founder conflict—we help you move fast without giving away long-term leverage.