Dextrous is a fractional general counsel practice founded by Max Goodman, a New York-admitted attorney who brings Big Law transactional discipline in-house — so growing companies get senior legal leadership without the overhead of a full-time GC.

Fractional General Counsel

Legal leadership
built for momentum.

Big Law transactional discipline, delivered as an embedded partner — so your legal function moves at the speed of your business, not against it.

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$6B+
Public Market Transaction
Lead counsel through a SPAC merger to NASDAQ listing
Solo
M&A Execution
Sole-counsel transactions, diligence through close
AI / ML
& Data Privacy
GDPR/CCPA frameworks, legal-by-design product guidance
JD
Penn Law
NY Bar admitted · Brooklyn-based
Why Dextrous

The Dextrous Standard

Most companies scale until they break. Dextrous brings transactional discipline — M&A, governance, and commercial deal experience — into a fractional model built to move at your velocity, not slow it down.

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What I Do

Practice Areas

Fractional General Counsel
Embedded legal leadership across the corporate lifecycle.
M&A & Strategic Transactions
Solo-counsel execution for sales, mergers, and capital events.
AI, Privacy & Technology Counsel
Legal-by-design guidance for AI/ML, privacy, and licensing.
IP & Creative Legacy
IP strategy and licensing stewardship for creative portfolios.
About

From transactional
rigor to building
forward.

I trained as an IP and technology transactions specialist before moving in-house — leading data privacy through a public company's transition to NASDAQ, and serving as sole counsel on a strategic acquisition.

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Building a company shouldn't be a legal guessing game. Get in touch to audit your infrastructure or discuss strategic legal leadership for your next phase of growth.

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