AI Is Changing Everything. Your Legal Strategy Should Too.
Whether you're restructuring your workforce, renegotiating vendor contracts, or building an AI-native company from the ground up, there are legal questions that didn't exist two years ago. We help you answer them.
What AI Transition Advisory Covers
AI isn't just a technology shift — it's a legal one. These are the areas where businesses and professionals need counsel most.
Workforce Transition
AI-driven layoffs and restructuring create a new category of legal issues that traditional employment law doesn't fully address.
- Severance agreement review and negotiation
- Employment agreements for AI-augmented roles
- Non-compete analysis when displacement is by technology
- Transitioning from employment to independent consulting
Contracts & Vendors
AI is reshaping build-vs-buy decisions and changing what "deliverables" mean in service agreements.
- Renegotiating SaaS and tech vendor contracts
- AI tool licensing agreements
- Service agreements addressing AI-generated deliverables
- Vendor termination and transition planning
IP & AI Work Product
When AI generates or contributes to your work product, ownership and protection questions multiply.
- Ownership frameworks for AI-generated deliverables
- Work-for-hire analysis in AI-augmented environments
- Trade secret protections for proprietary AI workflows
- Copyright questions for AI-generated content and code
Corporate & Entity Structure
AI-native companies operate differently. Their legal structures should reflect that.
- Forming and structuring AI-native businesses
- Governance for low-headcount, high-AI-reliance companies
- Operating agreements and equity structures
- Board-level advisory on AI adoption risk
Strategic Advisory
For organizations evaluating AI's impact on their business model, workforce, or investment portfolio.
Who This Is For
If AI is changing how you work, who you work with, or what your business looks like, this practice exists for you.
Professionals in Transition
Executives, managers, and specialists whose roles are being restructured or eliminated due to AI adoption. You need someone reviewing your severance, non-compete, and next move.
Businesses Adopting AI
Companies integrating AI into operations and facing new questions about vendor contracts, employee agreements, IP ownership, and compliance obligations.
AI-Native Founders
Entrepreneurs building companies that run on AI from day one. Entity formation, governance, equity structures, and operational agreements designed for how you actually operate.
How It Works
Straightforward process, no surprises.
Book a Strategy Call
We start with a conversation to understand your situation, identify the legal issues in play, and figure out whether and how we can help.
Scope the Engagement
We define exactly what we're doing, what it costs, and what you'll have when we're done. Flat fees where possible, hourly where it makes sense. No ambiguity.
Execute
We move fast. AI-assisted research, drafting, and analysis means you get senior-level legal work without the BigLaw timeline or price tag.
Why Drew Jacobs
Drew doesn't just advise clients on AI transitions — he built his entire law firm around AI. Jacobs Counsel is an AI-native practice, meaning AI is integrated into every phase of legal work: research, drafting, document review, compliance analysis.
That means Drew understands the technology his clients are navigating, not as an abstract concept, but as the operational reality of running a business in 2026. When a client comes in because their company replaced half a department with AI tools, Drew knows exactly what those tools do and don't do, and what the legal implications look like on both sides.
Frequently Asked Questions
AI Won't Wait. Neither Should You.
Whether you're dealing with a workforce change, rethinking vendor relationships, or building something new, get legal counsel that actually understands the technology reshaping your world.