Clause Office
Clause Office
Clause Office

Precision of a boutique. Power of enterprise.

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Koulen & Partners is a modern corporate law and business advisory practice built for companies that need clarity, pace, and precision. We operate with the focus of a boutique and the discipline of a larger firm. Clients get plain‑English advice, clean documents, and consistent communication from start to finish. Our aim is straightforward: protect what matters, remove uncertainty, and keep your momentum intact. From the first conversation to the final signature, we run a structured, predictable process.

Intake takes minutes. We agree scope, timing, and price before any work begins. Drafts are sharp and readable, updates are concise, and deadlines hold. You always know exactly what happens next.

Our core work covers commercial contracts, corporate matters, governance, employment (non‑contentious), and general business legal support, with data and privacy guidance where product or operations require it. We reduce review cycles, develop clear negotiating positions and fallbacks, and protect relationships while holding firm on what truly matters to your business. Playbooks, templates, and internal frameworks keep teams moving long after the first engagement.

Trust comes from how we work. Sensitive information stays secure through strict access controls, clean records, and disciplined execution. We operate from the UK with international capability, supporting clients across time zones with responsive, business‑focused legal and corporate advisory services.

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Climatech

Climatech

3
3
3

Web3

Web3

7
7
7

Real Estate

Real Estate

3
3
3

Fintech

Fintech

6
6
6

Healthcare

Healthcare

12
12
12
Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Intake

Intake

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Plan

Plan

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Draft

Draft

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Close

Close

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand
Clause Office
Clause Office
Clause Office

Precision of a boutique. Power of enterprise.

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Koulen & Partners is a modern corporate law and business advisory practice built for companies that need clarity, pace, and precision. We operate with the focus of a boutique and the discipline of a larger firm. Clients get plain‑English advice, clean documents, and consistent communication from start to finish. Our aim is straightforward: protect what matters, remove uncertainty, and keep your momentum intact. From the first conversation to the final signature, we run a structured, predictable process.

Intake takes minutes. We agree scope, timing, and price before any work begins. Drafts are sharp and readable, updates are concise, and deadlines hold. You always know exactly what happens next.

Our core work covers commercial contracts, corporate matters, governance, employment (non‑contentious), and general business legal support, with data and privacy guidance where product or operations require it. We reduce review cycles, develop clear negotiating positions and fallbacks, and protect relationships while holding firm on what truly matters to your business. Playbooks, templates, and internal frameworks keep teams moving long after the first engagement.

Trust comes from how we work. Sensitive information stays secure through strict access controls, clean records, and disciplined execution. We operate from the UK with international capability, supporting clients across time zones with responsive, business‑focused legal and corporate advisory services.

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Climatech

Climatech

3
3
3

Web3

Web3

7
7
7

Real Estate

Real Estate

3
3
3

Fintech

Fintech

6
6
6

Healthcare

Healthcare

12
12
12
Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Intake

Intake

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Plan

Plan

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Draft

Draft

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Close

Close

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand
Clause Office
Clause Office
Clause Office

Precision of a boutique. Power of enterprise.

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Our promise

Law experts you can count on

Koulen & Partners is a modern corporate law and business advisory practice built for companies that need clarity, pace, and precision. We operate with the focus of a boutique and the discipline of a larger firm. Clients get plain‑English advice, clean documents, and consistent communication from start to finish. Our aim is straightforward: protect what matters, remove uncertainty, and keep your momentum intact. From the first conversation to the final signature, we run a structured, predictable process.

Intake takes minutes. We agree scope, timing, and price before any work begins. Drafts are sharp and readable, updates are concise, and deadlines hold. You always know exactly what happens next.

Our core work covers commercial contracts, corporate matters, governance, employment (non‑contentious), and general business legal support, with data and privacy guidance where product or operations require it. We reduce review cycles, develop clear negotiating positions and fallbacks, and protect relationships while holding firm on what truly matters to your business. Playbooks, templates, and internal frameworks keep teams moving long after the first engagement.

Trust comes from how we work. Sensitive information stays secure through strict access controls, clean records, and disciplined execution. We operate from the UK with international capability, supporting clients across time zones with responsive, business‑focused legal and corporate advisory services.

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Our clients

Trusted by leadership teams across sectors and stages

Climatech

Climatech

3
3
3

Web3

Web3

7
7
7

Real Estate

Real Estate

3
3
3

Fintech

Fintech

6
6
6

Healthcare

Healthcare

12
12
12
Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Our team

Clause leaders

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Maxwell Koulen

Managing Director

Maxwell Koulen is the Founder and Managing Director of Koulen & Partners, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction, client relationships, and commercial operations. Working alongside the firm’s Head of Legal Advisory, Maxwell ensures that every engagement is delivered with clarity, structure, and a standard of professionalism expected of a modern corporate law practice.

He focuses on supporting investors, founders, and high‑growth companies as they navigate complex corporate matters, cross‑border considerations, investment transactions, and commercial decision‑making. His role centres on orchestrating the firm’s service delivery—aligning legal advisory work, operational efficiency, and client objectives to produce consistent, high‑quality outcomes.

Maxwell founded Koulen & Partners after identifying a growing need for a new type of law‑aligned advisory firm: one that combines the precision of corporate legal work with the responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial intelligence that fast‑moving businesses require. Prior to establishing the firm, he worked closely with entrepreneurs and investment professionals at Bridge Capital, gaining first‑hand insight into the legal, structural, and strategic challenges faced by companies and capital allocators operating across borders.

Today, Maxwell oversees the growth and management of Koulen & Partners as it expands its footprint in corporate advisory, business legal services, and investment‑side support. His priorities are simple: build lasting client relationships, ensure a seamless advisory experience, and lead the firm toward its long‑term goal of becoming a premier corporate law practice.

He is committed to maintaining a culture defined by diligence, clarity, and action—values that underpin every client engagement at Koulen & Partners.

Maxwell Koulen

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

Jamie Hole

Head of Legal

Jamie Hole is a multidisciplinary corporate and commercial legal professional with over twenty years of experience supporting businesses, investors, and management teams across every stage of their lifecycle. Before joining Koulen & Partners, he worked with a range of respected Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and boutique law firms, advising clients on complex transactions, commercial structuring, and day‑to‑day operational legal needs.

His experience spans corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A preparation and execution, joint ventures, intellectual property, finance documentation, and dispute oversight. Jamie also has deep experience guiding businesses through growth events, restructurings, acquisitions, and strategic exits.

At Koulen & Partners, Jamie leads the firm’s legal function and oversees the delivery of high‑quality corporate and commercial advisory services. He is known for his practical, commercially‑grounded approach and his ability to help clients navigate risk while moving decisively toward their commercial goals.

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

What clients value about working with us

Client satisfaction is our north star

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Our process

Clear steps. Predictable outcomes.

Intake

Intake

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Share goals and documents. Same day reply. Secure channel opened.

Plan

Plan

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Scope agreed, timing set, price confirmed. Owners clear on both sides.

Draft

Draft

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Plain English drafts. Focused redlines. Short loops that keep momentum.

Close

Close

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Signatures landed. Filings done. Final pack with simple next steps.

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand

Ready to hand over your legal?

Send the draft. We turn paper into clean, digital contracts and keep your deal moving.

hand
hand