Morgan McDonald

Practice Areas

Morgan McDonald is a business lawyer, practising corporate and commercial law with ‎companies from ‎startup, to growth and ultimately later operating stages. Morgan’s practice is focused on assisting ‎founders and established companies in the technology ‎sector, including software, gaming, ecommerce ‎and related technology facing businesses and emerging markets ‎including artificial intelligence, cloud ‎computing and privacy. Morgan has also been involved in assisting ‎clients in the emerging cannabis and ‎psychedelics ‎sectors since inception and has helped companies navigate new regulation and rapid ‎growth ‎in the space. ‎Regardless of the industry, Morgan provides value to new and repeat entrepreneurs using a ‎‎business centric and practical approach to solving business and legal needs from incorporation through ‎exit. ‎

Morgan assists clients at early stages with long and short term planning in company formation and ‎shareholder and ‎founder agreements. As they grow, she assists clients with IP creation, commercialization, ‎and management, go-to-‎market contract drafting and negotiation including development, licencing and ‎subscription agreements, ‎employment and contractor agreements and compensation plans, and ongoing ‎contract review. As needs arise, ‎Morgan assists companies and investors with debt and equity financing ‎from friends and family and seed through ‎series rounds and private equity and venture capital ‎opportunities by negotiating and managing transactions from ‎term sheet through close. ‎

Morgan is active in the startup and technology community, partnering as a mentor with a number of ‎accelerators and incubators ‎and speaking regularly to entrepreneurs and providing office hours.‎

Prior to earning her LL.M. from the University of British Columbia, Morgan externed at the United States ‎‎District Court for the Central District of California and was called to the California State Bar.‎