In-House Legal Services
We are experienced in-house legal counsel and our team has a thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory environment, the challenges you face, and they can proactively manage the health of your company. When you bring in one of us, you get someone who can handle many of the tasks on the following list, and who is adept at finding and managing the right outside lawyers to handle the rest.
GENERAL CORPORATE
- General Counsel - managing, the day-to-day legal affairs and directing the work of outside lawyers.
- Corporate governance and advising Board of Directors
- Stock option and purchase plans
- Corporate Compliance Programs/Codes of Ethics
- Intellectual Property/Licensing
- Company formation
- Contracts
FINANCE
- Financing, venture capital and private equity
- Mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs
- Dispute resolution, litigation strategy and management
EMPLOYMENT
- Hiring and terminations/ reductions in force
- Harassment/discrimination claims and internal investigations
- Employee policy manuals
- Employee compensation and benefits
- Employee training programs
- Employment agreements and consulting agreements
LICENSING, DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
- Technology development and joint development agreements
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Franchising and Distribution agreements
- License agreements, including support and professional services
- User agreements and privacy policies
- Trademarks, advertising and branding,
- Counseling to protect trade secrets, copyright, trademarks, patents and inventions
REAL ESTATE
- Office, retail and industrial leases
- Real property acquisitions
- Construction and permanent financing
- Landlord/tenant relationships
COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS
- Development and Review of Contract Templates; Contract Negotiations
- Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Professional Service Agreements
- Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements
- Independent Contractor Agreements