IRC Legal provides fractional General Counsel services and strategic corporate counsel to founders, executives, and high-growth companies. Whether you're closing a deal, building a company, or navigating a complex personal matter, you get a lawyer who thinks like a business partner.
Years of Experience
Deals Closed
Deal Value Closed
The IRC Legal Impact:
Scalable
Growth
Not just outside counsel. A lawyer who's been inside. Ian R. Cohen has lived both sides: BigLaw transactional work and an actual seat at the General Counsel desk. That perspective shapes every question we ask, every risk we flag, and every deal we structure.
irc legal: a trusted partner for high-stakes decisions
We advise founders, executives, and operators at moments where structure, judgment, and execution matter most. Our work spans the full corporate lifecycle: from founding decisions and early equity structures through complex financings, acquisitions, and liquidity events.
We focus on clarity over complexity, decisive outcomes over process, and long-term positioning over short-term wins. Whether acting as fractional general counsel, structuring a transaction, or advising on a personal executive matter, we operate as an extension of your decision-making team.
Our Mission
Our mission is to transform legal counsel from a reactive cost into a proactive strategic asset. We bring the judgment, experience, and business fluency of a seasoned GC to every client relationship, helping founders, executives, and their companies make consequential decisions with confidence.
Our Vision
We aim to be the trusted legal partner for the next generation of builders: founders, operators, and executives who need counsel that moves at the speed of their ambition, across both the companies they build and their personal professional lives.
Our Values
We uphold judgment over process, clarity over jargon, and long-term partnership over transactional engagements. Every client relationship is grounded in honesty, strategic candor, and an unwavering commitment to your actual goals, not just your legal asks.
