Independent transactional counsel

Business moves fast.
Good counsel should too.

JTM Tech Law helps founders, companies, investors, and creative talent structure deals, protect what matters, and move ambitious work forward.

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At the intersection of

BUSINESS×CULTURE×TECHNOLOGY

Selected capabilities

Legal work shaped
around the deal.

Focused advice from someone who understands the transaction, the business behind it, and what needs to happen next.

01

Entertainment & Media

Practical deal counsel across film, television, music, digital media, and the businesses built around culture.

Production · Rights · Licensing · Distribution
02

Startups & Investments

From first formation through financings and strategic transactions, legal architecture that keeps pace with the company.

Formation · Financings · Commercial Deals · M&A
03

Brands, Talent & Creators

Clear agreements for partnerships where audience, identity, intellectual property, and commerce meet.

Brand Deals · Endorsements · Collaborations · IP
04

AI & Emerging Technology

Forward-looking counsel for companies building with new tools, novel business models, and evolving rules.

AI Products · Data · Platform Terms · Risk
05

Digital Assets & Crypto

Experienced guidance for the select projects where blockchain, tokens, digital ownership, and the real world intersect.

Digital Assets · Web3 · Marketplaces · Strategy

The model

Senior attention.
No unnecessary layers.

JTM is a solo practice built for direct, high-trust work. You work with Jacob when he is the best lawyer for your task. If he is not, he will put you directly in relationship with someone who is.

When a matter calls for expertise outside the firm’s lane, JTM draws on trusted relationships with other attorneys and firms. The goal is always the same: get the right lawyer on the right matter, without wasting your time.

Right fit first

Jacob takes on work where his experience can make a real difference.

One clear point of contact

You know who is handling the work and what happens next.

A trusted bench

When another specialist is the better fit, Jacob makes the introduction.

Jacob Martin, founder of JTM Tech LawJTM

Jacob Martin, Esq.

A lawyer who speaks
operator.

Jacob brings legal judgment, founder empathy, and a dealmaker’s instinct to work spanning media, technology, capital, and culture.

His background includes building an early stage legal tech company as a founder, raising an early stage venture capital fund as an investor, and advising clients in emerging industries before the playbooks were written, including as one of the first lawyers to attempt to demystify the NFT landscape. Today, he works selectively with companies and individuals where his transactional experience and cross-industry perspective can create real leverage. He is licensed in California.

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