About
Venture&IPlawfor risk takers.
VenCounsel helps early-stage founders, builders and creators handle the legal side—structuring, financing, IP, contracts—without the traditional law firm overhead or solo practitioner chaos.
Alex L. Nguyen
Ibuildthings,adviseinterestingpeople,andoccasionallyteach.
Before law, I co-founded a venture-backed startup. I've been in your shoes—pitching investors, negotiating term sheets, building something from nothing. That founder perspective shapes how I practice.
Credentials
J.D. with Honors
Western State College of Law
Top 10 Nationally — Moot Court
BBA, Finance
Texas A&M, Mays Business School
Published Author
Ohio State Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal
Licensed
California State Bar
CA Real Estate Broker
Before Law
JUGO — Co-Founder
Boston & Valencia
Venture-backed enterprise gamification startup. Finalist at U.S. Chamber, IBM SmartCamp, MassChallenge.
Giving Back
Law Office Study Center
President — Democratizing legal education through apprenticeship
Mentor
Soho House, BUILD, LaunchX
The Bench
When the need arises, we probably know a guy (or gal).
Our subject matter experts have decades of experience across corporate finance, IP, and litigation—representing public companies, leading high-growth startups, and advising talent at the top of their fields.
Building with the best.
Three Tenets
Law is a practice, like martial arts. Pen instead of fist—used offensively and defensively to advocate, protect, and serve.
VenCounsel operates on three principles borrowed from Japanese philosophy:
Embracing risk, exploring uncharted territory, building things that don't exist yet. Entrepreneurship is an adventure. So is the legal work that supports it.
Never static. Always iterating—on how we practice, how we serve, how we think. The world evolves. We keep pace.
Sharp work. Clear thinking. No shortcuts on the things that matter.
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