Cost Effective In-house Legal Services for Early-Stage & Small-to-Mid-Size Companies
If you are a business owner who isn't quite ready to hire a full-time in-house attorney, but would like to avoid the expense of attorney fees that add up quickly at most law firms, consider an alternative that this firm provides:
We provide businesses with part-time in-house counsel services that are value-based and
make it possible for your company to enjoy all the advantages of having an
experienced in-house counsel as part of your management team, working for your
company at a fixed monthly flat-fee, drastically reducing your legal costs.
Legal issues impacting the growth of your venture began the
moment the idea for it was conceived. Identifying, understanding, and
resolving these issues requires experience, attention to detail, and time that busy entrepreneurs cannot
afford, yet cannot afford to ignore. Hiring this firm as your in-house counsel ensures that issues
are dealt with proactively rather than taking a costly reactive approach.
As a result, the company is better equipped to avoid common
pitfalls.
How Our In-House Services Can Benefit Your Company:
- Correct legal issues that arise in the course of business, often unknown, before they
become costly disasters
- Ensure that the legal affairs of the company are attended to
- Add value by preventing legal difficulties before they arise
- Assist in managing risk exposure
- Develop corporate legal strategies, policies, & procedures
- Prepare and maintain corporate bylaws, resolutions and minutes
- Assist with company negotiations and transactions as needed
- Ensure that all legal records are kept safe
- Frees up the
time of management and/or the business owner
- Steady pricing that fits within your individual budget
- Opportunity for greater insight into the company helping to develop key business
strategies while mitigating legal risk
-
Have access to a lawyer's constant service
- Get your company in order for potential investors or
acquirers
- Assistance with mergers, and other strategic alliances
- Ability to be on-hand to participate in meetings of the executive
management team, providing
advice on issues as they arise
- Acquire a competitive advantage by timely access to advice
This service also includes preparation of a variety of contracts that cover the legal issues that frequently arise in the every-day course of business, including:
- Employment Agreements
- Non-disclose Agreements
- Non-competition Agreements
- License Agreements
- Supply Agreements
- Website-linking Agreements
- Cross-Promotional Agreements
- Advertising Placement Agreements
- Creation of strategic partnerships, alliances, & arrangements
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Executive compensation plans; stock option agreements
- Work-for-hire and Assignment Agreements
Key Terms of the Engagement Include:
- Flat monthly fee tailored to fit the specific budget and legal needs of the company
- Terminated by either party with 30 days notice
- Reviewed annually for price and services
CORPORATE CONSULTING SERVICES
- Conducting shareholders, members, and directors meetings·
- Matters involving the management of the business,
including the powers of senior executives and the board of directors, and
directors’, shareholders’ and members’ informational rights
·
- Obligations of directors, senior executives and
controlling shareholders with respect to their fiduciary duties, duty of care
and the business judgment rule, duty of fair dealing as it relates to transactions
with the business entity and compensation, the use of material non-public
information, the taking of corporate opportunities and competition with
the corporation or other business entity
- Functions and powers of board committees such as the
audit committee, the nominating committee and the compensation committee
