Finance
Equity Clawback (2026): Your Vested Stock is NOT Safe (Cantor Loophole)
The "Cantor Loophole" lets companies seize your vested stock if you join a competitor employed in NY/CA. Here is the legal shield strategy to stop it.
Talent Agency + Intelligence House
The Intelligence-First Talent Agency.
We represent technical professionals in high-leverage negotiations and provide strategic staffing for high-growth companies. Direct, data-driven, and results-focused.
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For Professionals
We Act as Your Agent.
Most professionals negotiate alone against HR departments with million-dollar data tools. We fix that asymmetry by representing you directly.
The Outreach Agent
We pitch to CTOs and VPs directly. You stay anonymous until mutual interest is confirmed.
Legal Advisory
We review IP clauses and redline predatory non-competes. Your side-projects stay yours.
Hard Negotiation
We know what the company paid the last hire. We play bad cop so you keep the bridge clean.
Stealth Search
We manage your transition without alerting your current employer or the market.
For Companies
Strategic Sourcing.
The best hires aren't scanning job boards. We provide a direct bridge to professionals who understand the business of building tech.
01 Direct Manager Access
02 Verified Technical Vetting
03 Market Benchmarking Data
De-Risking Hires
We represent the talent we send. We've vetted their technical ability and career goals before they ever see your company's name.
Market Benchmarking
Real-time salary and equity data so you don't lose a hire to a competitor by $10k or 0.1% equity.
Direct Sourcing
Skip recruiters who don't understand the stack. We are technical professionals representing technical professionals.
Stealth Hiring
Need to replace a senior figure or launch a new lab secretly? We coordinate without public job postings.
Live Intelligence
Access Full Archive The Intelligence Desk.
Critical market data, compensation benchmarks, and hiring trends for decision makers who need to know what's actually happening.
Finance
The 'Total Loss' Algorithm: How To Navigate CCC One (2026 Guide)
CCC ONE total loss valuation tactics exposed: How insurance companies lowball car values by $2,000-$8,000 (Consumer Reports, 2024). We analyzed 50 settlements - here's how to fight their appraisal and win more money for your totaled car.
Finance
NY LLC Transparency Act (2026): The "Exemption Attestation" Loophole
Exempt? You still have to file. New York requires an "Attestation of Exemption" for Foreign LLCs. Missing the 30-day window triggers $500/day fines.
Career
Forced To Quit? How To Sue For Severance (2026 Guide)
HR is engineering your resignation to disqualify your unemployment claim. Here's how to prove Constructive Dismissal and force a settlement.
Career
How to Freeze The Work Number: Hide Employment History (2026 Guide)
The Work Number risk 2026: How Equifax exposes your salary to 11,000+ companies without consent. Overemployment discovered, background checks failed, loans denied - all from data you didn't know existed. Here's how to freeze it.
Finance
Unlimited PTO is a Trap: The $8,600 "Severance Gap" Explained
Unused vacation is debt. Unlimited PTO erases it. See the math on why you lose $8k in exit payouts and why employees with "Unlimited" take less time off.
Stop Playing the Job Board Game.
Whether you need representation or talent, we provide the intelligence to make the move.
FAQ
Mechanics of the Agency.
Everything you need to know about our coordination protocols and representation standards.
How does Leon Consulting differ from traditional search firms?
We are intelligence-first. Traditional firms work for the company; we work for the talent—and we charge the company for the privilege of accessing that talent. We use proprietary market data and technical signals to fix the information asymmetry that keeps experts undervalued.
What exactly is "Technical Representation"?
Just as a professional athlete or author has an agent, we provide individual representation for technical experts. We manage your career transitions, compensation negotiations, equity structuring, and market visibility, ensuring you are always positioned for maximum leverage.
Who are your primary clients?
We coordinate between two elite groups: world-class technical talent (Software Engineers, Cloud Architects, and ML Experts) and high-growth tech companies that require precision engineering to scale. We specialize in "Stealth" searches for talent who are not currently active on job boards.
How do you handle confidentiality?
Leon Consulting operates with absolute discretion. We do not reveal candidate identities without explicit, per-instance consent. Our intelligence briefings are anonymized, and our platform is built for high-level technical professionals who require a private path to their next major chapter.