Based on what you wrote about raising money later on, if you hire an attorney, you should, at a minimum, make sure they specialize in high growth startups. That means venture capital financings should pretty much be their bread and butter.

A lot of people make the mistake of assuming that just because they are working with a lawyer means everything will be done correctly. This is nowhere close to being a safe assumption. When I was at Orrick (which has one of the top startup practices), a lot of the most annoying cleanups were when we got a new client that had worked with a random lawyer who knew little about startups (usually a family member or friend of the family). Part of the problem is that some people think any new business is a “startup”. You are likely better off not having done anything at all than working with an inexperienced or incompetent lawyer.

There are too many good firms / attorneys to list here but I’m happy to help make some recommendations over DM if it’s helpful (I don’t do client work myself anymore).