Companies often require dedicated corporate counsel to navigate a wide range of business initiatives and legal matters. While larger companies typically employ full-time in-house counsel, smaller businesses often find it impractical to do so. In these cases, we are frequently retained by small-to-mid-sized businesses to serve as their outside general counsel, offering legal advice and representation as needed. Likewise, we are at times hired by larger corporate legal departments for special projects or when they have briefly outpaced their internal bandwidth.
The complexity and scope of business operations lead to a diverse range of legal issues that require a holistic approach. As outside general counsel, we bring a broad skillset across multiple areas of law, including business law, contracts, employment, intellectual property, and privacy matters, only to name a few. Our role is to mitigate risk while creating value, balancing both priorities, and approaching problems and solutions from the company’s perspective, as if we are a regular member of the team. Above all, we aim to provide efficient, practical advice that minimizes disruption to business operations.
Our outside general counsel services primarily involve providing day-to-day legal advice and consulting on general and industry-specific legal issues, including:
- Audits and internal compliance assessments
- Business law issues
- Business dispute litigation, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III) Public Accessibility Standards
- Confidential and proprietary information and trade secret protection
- Due diligence/merger-and-acquisition (M&A) compliance and liability assessments
- Employment dispute litigation, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Managing organizational and class litigation
- Privacy and security
- Risk avoidance and management
- Special and complex litigation
- Strategic business planning and initiatives
- Workplace investigations
- Workplace law advice and human resources (HR) consulting
