01 / Services
Five paths through the maze.
Every founder journey is different. We've mapped the legal terrain so you don't have to.
01 · Date before you marry
Co-Founder Alignment
Dead equity prevention, vesting schedules, and founder agreements that actually work.
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02 · No money, no honeyMost asked
Fundraising
From angels to Series A — legal guidance through every funding round.
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03 · Attract & retain talent
Stock Options
ESOP plans, warrants, and Belgium's 60-day rule — done right.
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04 · Lean and mean
Exit
M&A advisory and exit strategy for when it's time to cash in.
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05 · Your startup's legal backbone
Legal Counsel
Commercial contracts, IP protection, and GDPR compliance on tap.
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02 / How we work
Five rules that make Mace different.
We took everything that frustrated us about working with traditional firms and wrote it down.
01
Partners do the work
Your file is opened, run and signed off by a partner. No first-years drafting your fundraising round.
02
Plain English by default
If a clause needs a footnote, we wrote it badly. We rewrite until it doesn't.
03
Fixed-fee where we can
Range estimates before we start. Fixed if you prefer certainty over hourly nuance.
04
One partner, one file
No reassignments, no handoffs. The partner who wrote your founder agreement closes your Series A.
05
Async-first
Slack, Notion, Linear — we slot into your stack. Meetings only when something needs to be decided in a room.
03 / The Team
Lawyers who speak startup.
The current Mace Legal roster across Belgium and Denmark.
Ruben Schoenmaekers
Lawyer | Mace-Runner
Maxim Van Eeckhout
Lawyer | Mace-Runner
Loïc Matthys
Lawyer | Mace-Runner
Lauren De Brauwer
Lawyer | Mace-Runner
04 / Hall of Fame
A roll call of founders we helped through the maze.
From co-founder alignment to funding rounds and exits, the Hall of Fame is our living ledger of companies that trusted Mace on the route.
Mace-backed
AlfaSent
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Amalus Therapeutics
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AmphiStar
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Artion
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Asbestplatform
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BeerSelect
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companies on file
AlfaSentAmalus TherapeuticsAmphiStarArtionAsbestplatformBeerSelectBorroBrailSportsBRAUZZ.CROWDBOOK
The Founder's Bible
Every answer a founder needs — in one book.
4 volumes covering incorporation, fundraising, team equity, and exit. Written by founders, for founders.