Hey, I’m Selene
I’m an international business lawyer, business owner, and real estate investor. I help business owners, creators, investors, and families build with confidence, protect what they own, and make life easier for the people they love.
Most people come to me stuck in the same place. They don’t want a generic template they can’t understand, and they can’t justify a lawyer’s hourly rate for every contract, business decision, or estate plan. I built Selene the Lawyer for exactly that gap.
I Learned to Look Beyond the Document
I started my career in international mergers and acquisitions, working on high-stakes deals for startups, investors, private equity firms, and global companies.
The work demanded precision. Every clause allocated risk, every ownership decision carried consequences, and every document had to hold up when things went to plan and especially when they did not.
It taught me that strong legal work is not about producing more paperwork. It is about understanding how the pieces fit together: ownership, control, liability, money, and what happens when circumstances change.
What I wanted, though, was to bring that same thinking to real people rather than large corporations. The person building something of their own deserves it just as much, and often has far more on the line.
Why I Created Selene the Lawyer
I saw that small-business owners were often choosing between generic online forms they did not understand and traditional legal services they could not justify every time they signed a new client or launched an offer. And the forms that didn’t even seem to be written by lawyers who actually understood their niche!
I wanted to make the quality and careful thinking I learned in transactional practice accessible to small business owners (who often have a lot more on the line).
So, I started Selene the Lawyer with highly customized but affordable, fixed-fee legal services and contract templates for those who were just starting out.
But a contract is only one part of a real legal foundation.
Building a Business Is Only the Beginning
The longer I worked with founders and investors (and the more I built and invested in myself), the clearer it became that business planning and personal planning cannot be separated.
Your business, real estate, investments, intellectual property, and savings are not isolated areas of your life. Together, they represent everything you have worked to build.
Sooner or later, the questions become bigger:
Who owns what?
What is exposed if something goes wrong?
Who can manage everything if you cannot?
And what happens to it all when you are no longer here?
That is why I’ve expanded Selene the Lawyer beyond contracts and into business formation, ownership structuring, asset protection, and estate planning.
You Do Not Need to Be a Fortune 500 Company
You may be signing your first client, starting a business with a partner, buying an investment property, or finally creating a plan for the assets you already own.
You do not need an enormous company or a multimillion-dollar estate to deserve sophisticated legal guidance.
The decisions you make about your business, your property, and your family deserve the same care and strategic thinking that go into far larger transactions.
That is the whole point of my work: to make every person feel as protected as a Fortune 500 company, without the bureaucracy or the billable hours.
How I Work
You should understand what your legal documents do and why they matter. In practice, that means:
Clear explanations instead of unnecessary legalese
Transparent, fixed pricing wherever possible
Practical recommendations based on your actual situation
Documents designed to work together, not exist in isolation
Guidance that treats you like a capable person, not a problem to be managed
My Background
International business lawyer admitted to The Netherlands Bar
Former Big Law associate in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (and still negotiating venture capital deals that I feel passionate about → check out my latest deals on this deal list)
Currently pursuing an additional LLM at Florida State University College of Law to deepen my focus on U.S. business and estate planning
Working across the U.S. and Europe, with a home base in Florida and roots in Amsterdam
Clients include entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and families throughout the U.S. and Europe
For a full overview of my professional background, check out my LinkedIn profile.
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Start With What You Need Today
Whether you are building a business, protecting how it operates, or beginning to think about what will happen to everything you own, there is a practical place to start.
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