Ryan Castellano · Mar 2025 - Mar 2026
Service Provider
Victoria Ashworth
Corporate & Contract Attorney
victoria@ashworthlegal.com
Client
Ryan Castellano
Castellano Ventures
ryan@castellanoventures.com
Attorney (Ashworth Legal) agrees to provide ongoing corporate advisory services to Client (Castellano Ventures), including contract review and drafting, corporate governance advice, regulatory compliance guidance, M&A support, and general legal counsel for portfolio operations.
Client agrees to pay a monthly retainer of $5,000, due on the first business day of each month. The retainer covers up to 15 hours of legal services. Additional hours billed at $350/hour. Transaction-specific work (M&A, fundraising) billed separately per written addendum.
This agreement is effective for 12 months and renews automatically unless either party provides 30 days written notice. Either party may terminate for cause with 15 days written notice.
All communications, documents, and work product are protected by attorney-client privilege. Attorney will maintain strict confidentiality of all client information and will not disclose any privileged information without express written consent.
Attorney will conduct conflict checks before engaging with any new matter and will promptly disclose any potential conflicts. In the event of an unresolvable conflict, Attorney will refer the matter to qualified outside counsel at no additional cost to Client.
Service Provider
Victoria Ashworth
Signature
Client
Ryan Castellano
Signature
Signed on March 1st, 2025