Arqeil Shaw

Arqeil Shaw is an associate at MBCB whose corporate practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases, and venture financings. He advises buyers, sellers, startup founders, venture capital firms, and other business law clients across different stages of growth. His work combines transactional guidance with practical counseling designed to help companies structure deals, address operational issues, raise capital, and plan for future growth.

Arqeil earned a J.D. from Indiana University McKinney School of Law in 2020. His legal education provides the foundation for a practice centered on corporate transactions, investment structures, contracts, governance, and business decision-making. That training supports his work reviewing legal risks, organizing complex deal terms, and helping clients understand how transaction documents and corporate structures affect their broader business objectives.

Arqeil regularly works on pre-seed, seed, and later-stage institutional financing matters. His experience includes equity financings, convertible notes, SAFEs, investor rights agreements, diligence, and portfolio company oversight. He also serves as outside general counsel to emerging companies, advising on entity formation, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and day-to-day legal needs as businesses develop and pursue strategic opportunities.

Arqeil Shaw brings a business-focused approach to corporate counseling and transactional work. His practice requires him to translate complex legal issues into practical steps for founders, investors, and companies. By working across financing, governance, commercial agreements, acquisitions, and operational matters, he helps clients evaluate risk, structure important transactions, and move forward with business decisions that support growth and long-term planning. His deal work spans emerging companies, institutional investors, and strategic business transactions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman, LLP
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Indiana

Education

• Indiana University McKinney School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Indiana State University
  Master of Science (MS) in Criminology
• Indiana State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Criminology/Criminal Justice

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