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One senior lawyer forevery deal you close.

From the first enterprise redline to your Series A data room, LDU owns your subscription agreements, your IP, your data terms and your cap table. One capped monthly fee, no hourly billing, no junior handoffs.

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  • Fixed, scoped fees
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Your legal teamLDU, Singapore

Product and contract counsel, on call

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The situations you actually hit

You have seen these weeks. Here is who handles them.

Selling software to businesses means legal shows up right when a deal or a round is on the line. These are the ones software founders bring us most, and what changes when a senior lawyer already owns them.

  • A smiling SaaS founder sits at a conference table with his hands clasped beside an open laptop, a potted plant in the background.
    Enterprise deals01 / 05

    An enterprise buyer redlines your MSA and wants a DPA and SLA

    Who handles it

    We turn the subscription agreement, data-processing addendum and service levels around in days, holding your position on liability caps so the deal closes without gutting your terms.

  • A SaaS designer with a bob haircut writes on a glass whiteboard covered in app wireframe sketches and flowcharts.
    IP and equity02 / 05

    A freelance dev built core code with no IP assignment

    Who handles it

    We paper the assignment retroactively, close the gaps across past contractors and founders, and put every future contributor on an agreement that vests the IP in the company.

  • A SaaS startup founder in a black sweater smiles at the camera while seated behind an open laptop in a modern office lounge.
    Data and PDPA03 / 05

    A security questionnaire is quietly stalling procurement

    Who handles it

    We stand up the sub-processor list, data-processing terms and cross-border transfer clauses across your whole vendor stack, so procurement stops finding reasons to wait.

  • A businessman sits with his hands clasped in thought, gazing at data charts on a large boardroom display.
    Fundraising04 / 05

    Due diligence flags an IP gap or a messy cap table

    Who handles it

    We clean the assignment chain, tidy the option pool and SAFEs, and assemble the data room before an investor's lawyer turns a red flag into a discount.

  • A woman in a mustard blouse and a man in a green jacket sit facing each other in armchairs, talking, with a mug and notebook on a low table between them.
    Open source05 / 05

    A copyleft license is baked into what you ship

    Who handles it

    We audit your open-source exposure, isolate the copyleft components, and give you a clean path so a license obligation never forces your own code into the open.

If it is legal and it touches your product, it is in scope. Anything genuinely niche, we say so plainly and help you brief the right specialist.

What changes with us

The week you hand legal over, it stops blocking the roadmap.

Not a promise of fewer problems. A set of concrete outcomes you feel almost immediately, because one senior lawyer now owns the whole surface instead of you.

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Median reply when a redline blocks a deal

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Days from first call to working counsel

Capped monthly fee, no hourly billing
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Capped monthly fee, no hourly billing

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Software founders already covered

  • MSAs turned in days
  • IP fully assigned
  • PDPA off your plate
  • One capped fee

The mandate

One senior lawyer owns all of it.

From the day your counsel starts, these stop being your problem. Everything on this list sits inside the same capped monthly fee.

Daniel Kung, Founder & Principal, LDU Asia
Your counselDaniel KungFounder & Principal, LDU Asia
  1. Master subscription agreements, order forms, service levels and data-processing addenda drafted and negotiated so enterprise deals close on terms that keep the liability and the margin on your side.

If it is legal and it is yours, it is in scope. And if you ever need a niche specialist, we say so plainly and help you brief them.

The math

Three ways to cover the legal. One of them makes sense.

Every software founder runs this comparison eventually, usually after the first enterprise redline or the first diligence flag. Here it is up front instead.

Hire a full-time GC

Overkill

S$300,000

a year, and climbing before equity

  • Six months to find and close the hire
  • One person covering deals, IP and data
  • More seat than a growing startup needs

Keep calling a law firm

Unpredictable

S$3,200

this month, and the meter never stops

  • A different, bigger number every month
  • No context on how your product works
  • Your urgency billed at a premium
Most founders choose this

Embed a fractional counsel

Right-sized

One capped fee

a month, agreed before we start

  • Senior counsel from day one
  • Knows your product by week two
  • Scale up, down or off, month to month

Full-time and law firm figures are Singapore market rates, not our pricing. Your capped number depends on volume: you get it in writing after the free call, before any work starts.

Get your number on a free call

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How it starts

From first call to working counsel in a week.

No onboarding project, no discovery phase billed by the hour. One call, one written number, one start date.

  1. Day 0

    A free call with Daniel

    Fifteen minutes with the senior lawyer, not a sales rep. Bring the enterprise redline or the IP gap that worries you most and leave with a straight answer, whether you hire us or not.

  2. Day 2

    A scoped mandate and one number

    We map your contracts, IP chain, data flows and fundraising risk into a written mandate with a capped monthly fee. You see the number before you commit to anything.

  3. Day 7

    Your counsel is inside the business

    Daniel joins your channels, your team gets the app, and the contract and IP-assignment backlog gets cleared first. Legal answers now arrive in hours, not weeks.

No retainers, no lock-in: the mandate renews monthly and you can stop any month.

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Daniel Kung, Founder & Principal, LDU Asia
Daniel KungFounder & Principal, LDU Asia
  • Singapore licensed
  • Fundraising & SAFEs
  • M&A and exits
  • Regulators & MAS

The senior judgment behind LDU

Meet Daniel, the lawyer behind every approval.

Fifteen years getting founders through setup, growth and the raise, across the table from investors, regulators and acquirers. He is the senior judgment LDU is built on.

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Years in practice

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Why founders trust us

Senior counsel, proven where software companies feel it.

Not a marketplace of juniors. A named senior lawyer who has sat across the table from enterprise procurement, investors and regulators, with terms that put the risk on us.

The LDU team, Singapore. The people behind your mandate.
The people behind your mandateThe LDU team, Singapore
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Signed off by a licensed lawyer
  • Singapore licensed
  • 15+ years in practice
  • IP and equity
  • PDPA and data

Our promise

Cancel any month, no exit fee. Your contracts and filings always leave with you.

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Customer stories

Why founders choose LDU.

Veljko Vasic

CEO, HolyWally

As a client of LDU, I was impressed by how they consistently focused on our needs, showing patience and a deep understanding of our core requirements. It felt like having an in-house counsel that always had our best interests at heart. If you're looking for a dedicated team that prioritizes client satisfaction, LDU is the right choice.
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Less time setting up contracts

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Faster to close than competitors

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Faster issue resolution

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  • Daniel is a consummate professional who was very helpful in our consultation. He assuaged my fears and walked me through how to possibly handle my situation. Did not ask for unnecessary charges or quotes. Highly recommended, especially if you're a small business or startup.
    Leung Wai-Leng
  • Thanks to LDU and Daniel support, my business which was not well structure for couple months and having some issues is now good to operate. Extremely recommended for anyone not familiar with how Singaporean laws and banks work, it is much better to get great assistance at the beginning and start smoothly. Highly recommended.
    Simon Giraldo
  • LDU was able to listen to my situation in detail and quickly provide me with effective advice to move forward. Daniel was very professional and clear-headed. A very good experience.
    Benjamin Fossati
  • LDU have been fantastic in providing legal consulting and services. They have in depth knowledge across various domains and they work quick at a fraction of the cost of what you'd pay at standard market rate.
    Dindo De La Cruz
  • I had an excellent experience working with LDU Asia. Daniel, in particular, was incredibly helpful, he was responsive, knowledgeable, and guided me through the situation with clarity and professionalism. I highly recommend their services for anyone in need of reliable legal support.
    Josh Decker
  • Highly qualified, knowledgeable, with a great team. Expert opinions and advice. Would highly recommend for multiple types of legal services. I've used LDUAsia multiple times for a myriad of tasks and they've always been top notch.
    Zach
  • As an expat in Singapore the firm really helped me with all the clarity on the matter and were very honest during the process.
    Hasan Syed
  • Excellent experience working with Daniel and his team. We first got into contact almost 2 years ago in the earliest stages of our company. Daniel's team's arrangement was startup friendly and sincere.
    Rishab Patwari
  • LDU Asia is truly a game-changer for any Singaporean startup. Their team is incredibly tech-savvy, highly responsive, and genuinely values both your time and theirs.
    Sunny Saurabh
  • Best legal team you can really trust.
    Veljko Vasic
  • LDU Asia is amazing. Solving my issue within a few day. They are prompt is replying my text and giving advice on what I should do.
    Roy Loi
  • Easy to work with, thorough, and diligent. A wonderful team that helped meet needs quickly and efficiently.
    Meagan Ranson
  • Daniel was wonderful in guiding us through the compliance process.
    Kanak Chaudhari
  • Probably the fastest, most efficient and affordable lawyers in Singapore!
    Mahir Sahin
  • Super helpful. Professional and knowledgable.
    Daniel Hestevold
  • I had the pleasure of a professional and highly informative discussion with LDU which brought clarity to my situation and openly shared options and paths forward in a simplistic and grounded way. I am very grateful and highly recommend.
    Robert Kiely

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Fit

Built for some startups. Honestly, not for all.

Read both lists. If the left one sounds like your month, the free call will be worth it.

You need this if

  • Enterprise redlines and DPAs pile up faster than you can turn them
  • You are raising, or heading into diligence in the next few quarters
  • Contractor or founder IP was never properly assigned to the company
  • You process customer data and buyers keep sending security questionnaires
  • Legal questions keep landing on the founder

You do not need it yet if

  • You have not launched or incorporated anything
  • You are pre-revenue with no contracts and no customers
  • You need a courtroom litigator, not ongoing counsel

On the fence? Book the free call anyway. If a template or a cheaper option fixes it, Daniel will tell you so and point you there.

FAQ

What software founders ask before they commit.

Still weighing it?

Ask Daniel directly on a free call. Fifteen minutes, no pitch, just answers.

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  • Yes. We cover PDPA as your baseline and layer on cross-border transfer terms and GDPR obligations for the customers and markets that require them, so a data clause never stalls an overseas deal.

Your move

Stop being your startup's legal department.

Book a free call with Daniel. Bring the enterprise redline, the IP gap or the diligence flag that worries you most, and leave with a plan whether we work together or not.

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  • 15 minutes
  • No pitch
  • A clear next step
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