An Elite VC Practice without the Big Law Price
Chris Harvey founded Harvey Esquire APC in 2015 to serve emerging fund managers and VC-backed startups — the same clients that Big Law firms often deprioritize or overprice.
But competing with large firms on VC equity financing work means matching their diligence depth. Every deal requires reviewing hundreds of corporate documents — cap tables, board consents, IP assignments, commercial contracts, and more — and synthesizing everything for fund clients making investment decisions. For a boutique firm, that volume of document work traditionally required associate hours that eroded the cost advantage Chris could offer.
Emerging fund managers need counsel who can both move fast and catch everything. A missed off-market term or an unsigned diligence document can have real consequences — and Chris needed a way to deliver that rigor at boutique rates.
The Solution: Leveraging Marveri
Rather than spending dozens of associate hours per deal on document review and organization, Chris turns to Marveri to handle the heavy lifting in minutes — and does it with a level of thoroughness that catches issues even Big Law firms miss.
With a single click, Marveri synthesizes hundreds of data room documents — governance, financing history, cap table, commercial contracts, IP posture — into a polished 10-page diligence memo. That report becomes the appendix for every investment committee memo, turning what used to be days of associate work into something Harvey Esquire can hand to a fund client in minutes.
Marveri is the great equalizer for boutique law firms. We're now competing with, and often beating, larger firms on both quality and speed — while keeping our rates accessible for emerging fund managers.
Chris Harvey, Founder, Harvey Esquire APC
Going Beyond Diligence
Chris didn't stop at using Marveri for individual deal diligence. By running every transaction his firm has done through the platform, he built a proprietary VC Financing Playbook — a living benchmarking tool that tracks how protective provisions, governance terms, and deal structures actually play out across all of the firm's transactions.
This enables Chris to negotiate optimal terms for his VC clients and advise them on what deals actually look like in today's market — a dramatic improvement over relying on gut feelings or NVCA template terms. For a boutique firm, this kind of proprietary market intelligence is exactly what large firms build over decades of deal volume. With Marveri, Chris built it in hours.
For venture capital equity investments, Marveri represents a fundamental shift in legal practice — a complete reimagining of how VC deals should work.
Chris Harvey, Founder, Harvey Esquire APC
Minutes
To review what previously took dozens of hours
100s
Of documents synthesized into a single diligence report
Real Deal Data
Accumulating data from every deal to counsel clients on the best terms