In June 2025, KEW Legal® completed a non-equity partnership agreement for a law firm client, creating a partnership tier that allowed the firm to promote and retain senior talent without diluting ownership.
The engagement started with the commercial question rather than the document. KEW Legal® worked with the firm’s principals through several conference calls on compensation structures and packages, testing how each would function as the firm grew.
With the economics settled, the firm drafted the agreement and moved through successive revisions as the client refined the compensation terms. KEW Legal® held a dedicated working session on governing law, venue, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution — the provisions that determine what happens if the relationship ends badly — and revised the agreement to match the client’s preferences.
The firm coordinated final calls between the client and its attorneys to close out the remaining terms before execution.
“Non-equity partnership is one of the hardest things for a firm to get right,” said Kristina E. Wilson. “You’re designing the document people will point to years from now when something goes wrong.”
