Montague Law

Montague Law is a Florida-based business and technology law firm serving founders, investors, and growth-stage companies across the United States and internationally. Led by John Montague, a former Troutman Pepper Locke attorney with over a decade of transactional experience, the firm specializes in venture capital, M&A, technology law, and cryptocurrency matters, with particular expertise in AI, blockchain, and digital assets. The firm maintains a 4.6 Google rating and offers free startup legal formation documents.

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Montague Law is a Florida-based business and technology law firm serving founders, investors, and growth-stage companies across the United States and internationally. Based in Fernandina Beach with an additional office in Coral Gables, the firm specializes in venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, technology law, real estate transactions, and cryptocurrency and digital asset matters.

The firm is led by John Montague, an attorney with over a decade of experience in sophisticated transactional work. Before establishing Montague Law, John practiced venture capital, private equity, and complex transactions at Troutman Pepper Locke, an Am Law 200 firm. His background also includes real estate work at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed. John holds an accounting degree from Stetson University and a law degree from the University of Florida's Fredric G. Levin College of Law, where he later taught Entrepreneurial Law as a visiting professor.

Montague Law's practice focuses on the intersection of innovation, capital formation, and market expansion. The firm advises on venture financings, investor alignment, corporate governance, token and digital-asset frameworks, intellectual property strategy, regulatory positioning, and scalable legal structures. John structures financings and governance systems for startups and investment platforms operating in emerging sectors including artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, and digital assets. The firm also handles cross-border mergers and acquisitions, initial coin offerings, and security token offerings, combining transactional sophistication with deep market understanding in fast-moving, complex industries.

In addition to its corporate and technology practice, Montague Law provides regulatory and securities compliance counsel to high-growth companies, Web3 entities, and clients managing digital assets. The firm works with clients navigating evolving legal and strategic challenges at the frontiers of innovation and global expansion.

The firm recognizes the practical needs of early-stage businesses and offers a free library of thirty startup legal formation documents, including incorporation papers and investor agreements, available for download and customization. Montague Law also publishes substantive analysis on topics affecting founders and business owners—including tax planning strategies, representation and warranty insurance considerations, and regulatory compliance issues—reflecting the firm's commitment to educating clients on emerging legal developments.

John Montague maintains deep roots in North Florida, having grown up on Amelia Island and in the Jacksonville area. He is active and well-connected in the cryptocurrency and blockchain legal community and brings personalized service alongside big-law expertise to clients throughout the region and beyond. The firm maintains a 4.6 Google rating based on client feedback.

Overview compiled from the firm's website