Founders Law, a law firm that accelerates the progression of high-growth companies by offering practical and commercial legal advice through an embedded approach & Emerald Technology, the Global Employer of Record for high-growth tech companies, are joining forces as they look to offer a comprehensive legal solution to hyper-ambitious founders navigating global growth from idea to exit.
Why?
Global expansion is naturally a complex undertaking, but it can be made much easier through experience, best-practices and embedded support. Too often, Founders are left high & dry by their platform-based Employer of Record service providers when things pop up outside of their FAQs, or Founders are fearful of racking up expensive legal fees from traditional law firms, making the whole experience daunting once you’re in the thick of it.
Enter Founders Law & Emerald….
Both companies are cast from years of experience helping scale-ups and providing pragmatic advice to avoid common pitfalls and solve complex global expansion issues. They’re determined to bring the ‘sexy back’ to dedicated human support and embedding themselves inside their clients’ businesses.
Whether you’re fundraising, launching a product into a new market or growing teams…you’ll have all bases covered to feel confident as you grow your business.
What is an Employer of Record (EOR), and why does it matter?
An EOR acts as the legal employer for your global workforce, managing all employment responsibilities on your behalf. This includes hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, tax compliance, and ensuring adherence to local employment laws. As your trusted partner, an EOR allows you to hire in countries where you don’t have a legal entity—quickly, compliantly, and without the overhead of setting up your own infrastructure.
Here are some use cases for companies needing an EOR service:
- Scaling into new markets without a local entity
Fast-growing Tech companies wanting to expand into the Asia-Pacific region but face regulatory hurdles and lengthy timelines for establishing entities in multiple countries. By partnering with an EOR, they can hire a team across Japan, Singapore, Australia, or wherever the talent is in just weeks, ensuring full compliance with local laws and payroll requirements. - Supporting venture-backed growth
VC-backed start-ups need to scale rapidly across new regions like Europe or the Americas, to meet their investors’ growth targets. EORs like Emerald provide a service that manages payroll, benefits, and employment contracts across 160+ countries, allowing start-ups to focus on building their product and growing their customer base. - Mitigating compliance risks for remote workers
Companies wanting to onboard remote employees in countries outside of their HQ, without knowledge of local labour laws, risk costly fines or potential legal disagreements like wrongful termination claims or contract disputes. EOR’s ensure seamless onboarding and compliance, giving the company peace of mind as they expanded their talent pool.
What can you expect?
- Embedded legal and Employer of Record support from experts that ‘get you’, instead of chat-bots and delayed response times
- Proactive & pragmatic legal advice to build strategically, rather than being reactive to legal issues
- Flexible and transparent pricing and low total cost of ownership leaving no room for nasty unexpected bills
Adam DeSanges (Director & EOR BU Leader) says, ‘From the minute we met Tom & his team, we saw that our values aligned perfectly. From there, we realised that there is more value that we can provide to Founders together as they grow and expand their teams into more countries. Expansion layers on complexity and if you’ve not got the support you need, it can quickly become a headache, costly and slow your growth. We were so impressed that we have become a client of Founders Law ourselves.’
Tom Bohills (Founder of Founders Law) says “We have seen a huge surge in demand for EOR providers from our clients after the past few years. Unfortunately, our client base has had a series of bad experiences with faceless platform solutions. Emerald not only knows the market back to front; they’re also relentlessly client-centric. They’re completely aligned with us in terms of being hyper-responsive and always battling for the right outcome for their clients. They’re a brilliant team, and we’re so glad to be partnering with them formally”
About:
Founders Law is a multi-award-winning law firm offering practical and commercial first legal advice, with dedicated lawyers that speak like humans and act as an extension or embed directly within a business. Founders Law works with over 400 hundred of the fastest scaling businesses and global powerhouses on all continents and operates between 60-80% cheaper than traditional law firms, advising on everything from commercial advice to employment, corporate to fundraising, specialised fintech advice as well as AI and Crypto and data protection across the globe.
Emerald Technology is the preferred global expansion partner for fast-growing tech vendors, offering a complete end-to-end solution, allowing companies to seamlessly recruit, onboard and payroll talent compliantly, anywhere in the world. Emerald has a reputation in the venture-backed tech space since 2000 and it continues to keep to its core values of customer-centric support and deep industry expertise. That’s why customers like Palo Alto Networks, ProofPoint & Human Security all trust Emerald for their global expansion from their early stages to today, now as leaders in their respective domains.
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