About the Firm.
Growth-stage companies in regulated industries. Clean energy, AI and machine learning, advanced manufacturing, enterprise technology, oil and gas technology, cybersecurity and data privacy. The kind of companies where the legal questions arrive before the company is ready for a full-time general counsel, and where the regulator, the customer, and the cap table are usually pulling on the same decision at once.
Outside General Counsel, with a parallel practice in AI Governance Counsel. The recurring legal function of a company: contracts, board work, financing readiness, IP, regulatory posture, and the AI risk that now sits inside most of the above. We work the way an in-house lawyer would, but from outside, and across only the companies we've taken on.
Through a flat monthly engagement, scoped in writing, with larger transactions priced separately so the monthly relationship stays clear. There's no upfront retainer, no hourly bill for short questions, and no time charged for reading a calendar invite. The first conversation is short and runs a conflicts check before anything substantive is said.
“When I built Consilium Law, I built the firm I wished I had been able to call.”
Meetesh Patel, Esq.
Founder and Managing Attorney.
I started as a lawyer, then became an entrepreneur. I built my first law firm and sold it in 2014. Along the way, I spent more than a decade on the client side of legal work, building, investing in, and advising technology companies.
That experience changed how I thought about law practice.
I knew what it felt like to sit across the table from lawyers I was paying. I knew what helped, what slowed things down, and what founders actually need when the legal questions are tied to real business decisions.
When I built Consilium Law, I built the firm I wished I had been able to call: legal counsel shaped by a founder's perspective, grounded in business reality, and focused on helping companies move forward, not just pointing out risks.
Admitted to practice in 2000. The first three years as an associate at two business immigration firms. MVP Law Group founded in 2003 and run through 2014 as managing attorney, handling immigration and business law.
Starting in 2008, while still running MVP, I began building and investing in technology companies. From 2008 to 2010 I served as CEO of a clean energy company commercializing first-of-their-kind technologies. In 2010 I co-founded and directed an early-stage investment firm, which in turn co-founded a company developing nanotechnology-based water purification systems. From 2012 to 2021 I ran a strategic advisory firm, advising founders and growth-stage companies on venture development, market entry, strategic partnerships, capital strategy, and execution. Most of that work was in technology and emerging growth sectors, with international engagements in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
In 2014 I sold MVP Law Group and started Consilium Law the same year. It's built around an outside general counsel model for growth companies in regulated industries, with a parallel practice in AI governance.
Clients work directly with me.
Bar Admissions
- Maryland State Bar.
- District of Columbia Bar.
We also work with local counsel in other jurisdictions to serve clients nationwide.
Background
Corporate and Transactional Law.
Two decades of corporate, transactional, financing, and regulatory work, including capital formation, M&A, IP strategy, commercial contracts, and corporate governance for growth-stage companies.
Venture Building.
Founder and chief-executive roles at clean energy and water nanotechnology companies, a co-founder role at an early-stage investment firm, and a decade running a strategic advisory firm advising growth-stage companies across technology sectors.
Regulated Industries.
Counsel for companies in clean energy, AI and machine learning, advanced manufacturing, enterprise technology, oil and gas technology, and cybersecurity and data privacy.
Writing
I publish SparkPoint, the firm's writing on the legal and regulatory shifts that touch the companies we work with. Not every development needs a client alert. The ones I write about usually change a contract, a board question, a financing diligence request, or the way a company should document its decisions.
Read SparkPointContinue exploring Consilium Law.
Outside General Counsel
Ongoing legal coverage for growth-stage companies in regulated industries. Board approvals, customer contracts, financing readiness, IP, regulatory posture, and the day-to-day questions that have legal consequences.
Read moreAI Governance Counsel
Legal work for companies that build, buy, or deploy AI. Vendor contracting, data terms, model oversight, board reporting, and posture under the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, FTC enforcement, and state AI rules.
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