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Strategic Legal: Turning Costs into Growth for VC-Backed Firms. Transform your view of legal costs. David Cameron reveals how fixed-fee boutique law firms make legal counsel a strategic investment for VC-backed companies, boosting rapid scaling, navigating complex capital tables, and leveraging compliance for trust in fintech & AI.
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Strategic Legal: Turning Costs into Growth for VC-Backed Firms

June 18, 2025

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Strategic Legal: Turning Costs into Growth for VC-Backed Firms

Are legal costs a burden or a strategic investment for your venture capital-backed company? In this episode of “Heart of the Matter,” we chat with David Cameron of David Cameron Law Office about fundamentally transforming your view of legal representation. David explains why lawyers are now essential for VC-backed firms scaling rapidly and navigating complex capital tables. We discuss why innovative boutique law firms with fixed-fee models are often the perfect fit for their unique needs. You’ll also learn how legal compliance can be a powerful strategic advantage that builds trust, especially in fast-moving sectors like fintech and AI. This conversation will challenge you to see legal spending as a genuine strategic investment that boosts growth and relationships. Ultimately, it’s about seeing your legal counsel as true strategic partners in your VC-backed business’s future.

Our Guest

David Cameron

David is a dual-qualified Hong Kong solicitor and New York attorney who has been advising on corporate matters and financial transactions across Asia, based out of Hong Kong, for over 16 years. David has worked for Linklaters and Allen & Overy in addition to, most recently, being a Partner at Dorsey & Whitney. ​

​​David has a proven track-record of helping clients with enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial approach. This has resulted in multiple first-ever transactions and initiatives that have led to first-ever national rankings and various international awards. David is consistently ranked globally by institutions such as IFLR1000 and also ranked regionally by institutions such as IBLJ’s Top 100 International A-List. ​David holds three graduate degrees, a JD, an MBA and an MA, from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Georgetown University.​

Our Host

Ajay Shamdasani

Ajay Shamdasani is a veteran writer, editor and researcher based in Hong Kong. He holds an AB in history and government from Ripon College, JD and MIPCT degrees from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law School, and an LLM in financial regulation from the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law.

His 15-year long career as a financial and legal journalist began as deputy editor of A Plus magazine – the journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. From there, he assumed the helm of Macau Business magazine as its editor-in-chief, and later, joined Asialaw magazine as its deputy editor.

More recently, he spent close to seven years as a senior correspondent with Thomson Reuters’ subscription-based trade-wire service Regulatory Intelligence/Compliance Complete (previously called Complinet) in Hong Kong. While there, he covered regulatory developments in that city, as well as Singapore, India and South Korea.

Tags: StartUps, Venture Capital

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