What Changes Legally When You Start Growing

About this event

Scaling changes the rules. The informal agreements, lightweight contracts, and “we will fix it later” mindset that worked early on can quickly become risk points as your company grows. In this session, Jacques Stemmet will unpack the legal and structural shifts that happen when a startup moves from small and scrappy to a company operating at scale. We will explore what changes around people, contracts, governance, and risk, what investors and counterparties begin to expect, where founders typically underestimate liability exposure, and how to prioritise legal spend intelligently. The goal is not to over-lawyer your business, but to understand what truly needs tightening and what can remain lightweight at this stage.