Investors. Founders. Attorneys.

Anthony represents emerging growth companies as their outside general counsel throughout a company’s life cycle including corporate formation and structuring, equity incentive plan creation and administration, commercial transactions, venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions.  Anthony also represents angel investors and venture capital funds in financing transactions.

Prior to Co-Founding Nexus Anthony worked at Wilson Sonsini, one of the top corporate law firms based in Silicon Valley.  He also started a venture-backed B2C fintech startup while in law school and provided a positive return to investors.

Jonathan represents startups and scaleups as their outside general counsel in matters ranging from venture capital financings, corporate governance, employment law, privacy, trust and safety issues, and helping companies build out a lean and focused legal department to manage their innovative businesses in heavily regulated fields.

With over twelve years of legal experience, including more than eight years in high-growth startups, Jonathan Allred is an attorney skilled in solving complex legal problems efficiently and in a way that empowers the business. After beginning his career in high-stakes patent litigation at Perkins Coie, he became a key member of Carvana's first in-house legal team during its explosive growth, managing regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and more. He went on to replicate this work in real estate with Opendoor, and then again in education at Prenda (YC S19), where he served as the first legal counsel, handling all legal matters, including their Series A and B financings. His expertise in high-growth startups at a broad range of stages and in several different fields allows him to manage the legal challenges of scaling businesses in dynamic environments.

Nathan's practice includes strategic counseling, due diligence, and patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret procurement in electrical, software, mechanical, and medical device technologies.

Previously, Nathan held positions at several patent boutique firms of varying size, as a patent clerk reporting directly to the Chief and Deputy Chief of a Fortune 50 major medical device company, and as an Assistant Scientist in the Dept. of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota.

These experiences help Nathan understand all aspects of IP protection, from the lab, to legal protection, to the monetization through products, branding, and services offered to customers and clients. Collaborating with Nathan for your IP needs will not leave you disappointed. All services provided by Nathan are done so through ARX IP Law.

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Laurel represents venture-backed organizations in commercial and technology transactions.  Laurel brings over ten years of broad generalist in-house legal experience focusing on technology transactions and legal operations within technology companies. Most recently, Laurel was Director and Head of Legal at Solo.io, Inc., where Laurel was the first legal hire. She has worked at several technology companies and start-ups, including Elastic and Enova. Her tenure at Elastic included building and leading the Legal Operations function from its inception and managing a skilled group of technology transaction attorneys in the Americas.

Laurel Palluzi is the founder of LAP Legal, LLC, a law firm, and Macadia Strategy Solutions, LLC, a business and legal department operations consulting company.  All legal services provided to Nexus clients by Laurel are done so through LAP Legal, LLC.

Matthew is a Florida-based fractional general counsel to startups and entrepreneurs and regularly assists with corporate matters, commercial contracts, employment counseling, privacy, and litigation management.

Matt served as the Head of Legal & Community at a legal technology start-up, and Director of Legal & Risk Management at a Florida based private equity firm. In both roles, Matt provided practical legal advice on contract interpretation, privacy, IP, employment, risk management, and a host of other legal matters. His responsibilities included preparing and negotiating commercial agreements, mitigating potential legal issues, and acting as a liaison between the company and external entities.

All legal services provided to Nexus clients by Matthew are done so through Margolis PLLC.

Anirudh serves as outside general counsel to startups, scaleups, and Fortune 500 companies, guiding them through corporate commercial transactions, high-stakes negotiations, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including the US, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India.

With over 14 years of legal experience, Anirudh specializes in SaaS, digital enterprises, IT strategy, and navigating complex legal landscapes. Anirudh has worked for large conglomerates including Infosys Limited and Cognizant and has led large deal negotiations linked to over $450mn in revenue and also has deep expertise in privacy laws (GDPR & CCPA), intellectual property protection, and contract automation. He partners with engineering teams to ensure AI/ML product development is legally viable and compliant with regulatory standards. Before his current role, Anirudh played a key role in driving legal strategies for innovative scaleups including elasticsearch, inc., startups and global technology companies and remains dedicated to fostering growth through legal innovation.

Evan's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, outside general counsel support and corporate restructuring for clients in a variety of sectors, including finance, insurance, transportation, communications, engineering, energy, technology, and manufacturing. All legal services provided to Nexus clients by Evan are done so through Goodman Corporate Law.

Matt Bowles is a business lawyer and entrepreneur. He has over a decade of experience at international law firms where he worked on 10 figure M&A deals and now brings that same level of advocacy to helping middle market clients navigate M&A and everyday legal needs.

Josh Mertzlufft is a patent attorney who has quarterbacked patent applications all over the world. With a background in applied physics and entrepreneurship, he has experience working with clients ranging from pre-seed startups to stock exchange-listed corporations innovating in space, tech, energy, and robotics. In 2021, Josh left big law and founded Stake, a full-service intellectual property law firm helping deep tech startups build tailored IP portfolios using our global experience and our boutique attitude. We are a global practice with clients across North America and cases in 60+ countries.

All legal services provided to Nexus clients by Josh are done so through Mertzlufft Law PLLC d/b/a Stake.

Prior to starting her law firm, Shefali worked both in large and small law firms, as well as in the tech and innovation spaces. Working on that side of the table provided her with an entirely new perspective on building a business, solving problems, listening to customers and clients, and creating impact. These experiences now allow her to be an effective legal and business advisor to her clients.