The Founders' Team/Charlie Sommers
Charlie SommersChicago
Attorney

Charlie Sommers

Legal and business strategy, from idea all the way to exit.

Charlie counsels founders at every stage, providing legal and business strategy from idea to exit. He pairs his legal training with an MBA in Quantitative Finance, bringing a finance-fluent, business-oriented approach that helps clients navigate incorporation, scaling, and corporate growth.

What Charlie works on

Outside General Counsel

A true extension of your in-house legal team.

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Fund Formation

Structures that match your strategy and your LPs.

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Startup & Venture Capital

From your first SAFE to late-stage equity.

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Education

  • J.D.
    Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
    2024
  • MBA, Quantitative Finance
    Illinois Tech, Stuart School of Business
    2025
  • B.A., Economics & Sociology
    Boston College
    2021

Previously

  • Muddy Waters Capital
  • Handler Thayer, LLP

Honors & recognition

  • IBM AI Practitioner Certificate