Our story
Built by a lawyer who kept seeing partnerships planned to fail
Stay Partners helps business partners talk through the unwritten assumptions and expectations that quietly pull partnerships apart, before they do.
Why we built this
Andrew Legrand spent 15 years as a business lawyer. Again and again, partners either signed a generic operating agreement from the internet or signed nothing at all. Rarely were they willing to pay a professional to walk them through the conversation first.
A few years later, some of them were back, this time to take the business apart. The problem was almost never a bad partner. It was the gap between what each person assumed and what they had actually agreed to.
Everyone hears "don't do business with friends or family," and almost nobody follows it. People partner with the people they trust. They just need help talking it through.
Partnerships are complicated, and people simply don't know what to talk about. And honestly, it feels a lot better to help people build something than to help them tear it apart. That's why Stay Partners exists.
Our mission
Help partners at every stage get aligned, and stay aligned, as their business grows.
What we believe
Writing things down isn't a sign of distrust. It's how good partners stay good partners. Each of you answers privately first, so nobody writes what they think the other wants to hear.
Where we fit
The conversation behind a high-end custom agreement, made affordable: guided questions, a side-by-side comparison, and a written understanding you both accept.
Founder
Andrew Legrand
Business lawyer for 15 years, based in New Orleans. He built Stay Partners to bring the conversation he wished every client had had to partners everywhere, at a price that doesn't stop them from having it.
Andrew on LinkedIn →What this is not
It is not a law firm, it does not give legal advice, and using it does not create an attorney–client relationship. It doesn't take sides, and it isn't built for disputes or exits — those need a lawyer of your own.
Tell us how it goes
This is early, and it's being shaped by the people using it. There's a "Give feedback" link on every page once you're signed in — say what's confusing, what's missing, and what you'd never use. We read all of it.