Because Some Challenges Require More Than an Advisor.
We partner with leaders to navigate the moments that matter most - bringing the expertise, relationships, and strategic range to move from uncertainty to decisive action.
A Different Kind of Advisor.
A B Corp certified advisory firm built on 25 years of experience and more than $10 billion in enterprise decisions. We partner with leaders to navigate the moments that matter most - bringing the expertise, relationships, and strategic range to move from uncertainty to decisive action.
We are not your lawyer, your accountant, your publicist, or your investigator. But we work with all of them.
Finding the right specialists - quickly, at better terms than you'd negotiate alone - is a core part of what we do. Most people in a high-stakes dispute find themselves managing a roster of specialists who are each excellent in their lane but not talking to each other, or realize too late that they need specialists they don't have a way to find. We close both gaps: we source and negotiate counsel and investigators, coordinate them against a single strategy, and handle everything on the file that doesn't require a law license - so your attention stays where it belongs.
You should not have to be the one holding this together.
- Source & negotiate specialists
- Coordinate them against one strategy
- Handle what doesn't require a law license
Five Recurring Situations. See Where You Fit.
The Squeezed-Out Operator
Timing is everything — and it's rarely yours.
A business partner or co-founder gets pushed out of equity they earned, timed to land right before the value becomes obvious — a raise, a sale, a big contract. We source and negotiate the right litigation counsel, manage that relationship and communication cadence, and keep your side of the file organized, while staying out of the privileged strategy conversations that belong to your attorney.
The Slow-Walked Creditor
A clear claim, moving at someone else's pace.
You're owed money on a claim that isn't legally complicated, but it's stalled, and you have no way to know if that pace is normal. We audit what your counsel has and hasn't done, apply pressure on timeline, and handle the parts of the file that don't require a law license, so you're not the one chasing.
The Discovery Windfall
New information changes everything.
A near-final resolution gets reopened by something your own counsel didn't have, and doesn't have the infrastructure to pursue. We assemble and sequence the specialists a matter like this actually requires — additional counsel, forensic investigators — under one strategy, with strict rules about who knows what.
The Protected Principal
Protection in place before there's anything to fight.
Nothing has gone wrong yet, and that's the point. An ongoing mandate to keep your existing position, name, and equity from being quietly eroded by counterparties who assume you won't notice. We vet new relationships before they're entered into and keep every agreement bearing your name accurate to the role you actually hold.
The Mixed-Ledger Principal
Sorting out a portfolio that cuts both ways.
A large, disorganized set of holdings — some of it owed to you, some of it owed by you. We conduct a full, honest inventory, including the possibility that a position resolves against you, and run remediation under a locked baseline with an independent party confirming what's actually delivered.
We'll Tell You Upfront Which One Fits.
Success Fee
For documented claims against a solvent, identifiable counterparty. No fee if there's no recovery.
Retainer + Success Fee
When investigative or forensic spend is needed before recovery, or the matter runs across multiple fronts.
Upfront + Escrow + Certifier
For complex portfolio or reputational remediation, with an independent party certifying delivery against a locked baseline.
Terms are agreed in writing before any money moves. No ambiguity, no moving goalposts.
Without RampRate, and With.
| Without RampRate | With RampRate |
|---|---|
| Finding and vetting the right specialist — attorney, investigator, forensic accountant — on your own, with no way to check their track record. | The right specialist identified, referenced, and terms negotiated before your first meeting. |
| Your specialist spends billable hours learning your situation from scratch. | A complete, organized case file is ready before their clock starts. |
| Strategy starts weeks in; momentum is lost before the first real move. | Execution begins on day one. |
| An open-ended retainer: “we'll see where this goes.” | A written scope of work: defined deliverables, timeline, and fee structure agreed upfront. |
Certified B Corporation
RampRate is a Certified B Corp - meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability. We don't just advise on impact - we live it. Every engagement reflects our commitment to doing business the right way.
Knowing What We Don't Do.
Knowing what we don't do is part of what makes the rest of it work.
Anything requiring a law license — drafting pleadings, appearing in court, or giving a legal opinion you'd rely on. We find and manage the lawyer; we don't become one.
Holding client funds or acting as fiduciary custodian of assets in dispute.
Broker-dealer-adjacent structuring or anything resembling securities intermediation.
Criminal defense, standalone family law, personal injury, or immigration as a lead service — we can augment the counsel handling these, but we're not the primary point of contact.
Purely verbal, undocumented claims against a counterparty with no identifiable assets.
If This Resonates, the Next Step Is Simple.
We connect to confirm mutual fit, and from there we draft a proposal outlining the scope of engagement and commercial terms. Everything moves at your pace.
Ready to Move From Uncertainty to Decisive Action?
Confidential by default. No fee moves without agreed terms in writing.