Legal Support for Businesses

Contracting

• Contract template development, maintenance and updates (including, but not limited to distribution, teaming, sales and services agreements, non-disclosure, amendments, addenda)
  
• Extensive experience in legal document drafting ranging from service agreements, intellectual property licenses, and partnering agreements to commercial leases and build-out agreements—including adaptations that provide optimum legal protection and enforceability in the domestic or international jurisdiction in which it is likely to be enforced
  
• Negotiating experience that includes lead legal negotiator in multiple transactions exceeding 50 million dollars in value and retaining, managing and working with necessary local counsel in international jurisdictions
  
• An approach to negotiation that integrates and balances practical business interests with legal protections and risk management
  
• Contract training of sales and marketing staff (if appropriate)
  
• Maintenance of electronic files
  
• Maintenance of text for common deviations from standard terms
  
• Assistance in establishing and maintaining a contracts administration and tracking system
  
• Review of the terms and conditions of third-party contracts
  
• Advise business contact regarding associated risks and prepare mark-ups of agreements or directly engage vendor or customer counsel, as deemed appropriate
  
• Develop an inventory and renewal/termination protocol for existing agreements that helps avoid unanticipated disruptions of vendor services or continuation of payment obligations for services no longer needed
  

Legal Compliance

• Training for relevant staff regarding compliance with applicable laws, regulations and activities exposing business to risk (e.g. workplace harassment, OSHA, HIPAA, import/export)
  
• Guidance and training regarding employment practices (such as wage/hour, employee leave, performance/discipline documentation)
  
• First-line legal support regarding legal implications of HR decisions/actions, employee benefits, internal investigations of harassment complaints, etc
  
• Legal support for merger and acquisition related activities
• Cost-effective review, research and advice for all legal notices and other correspondences and notices likely to have legal implications
  

Liability Assessment and Management

• Initial assessment of regulations/laws applicable to business and on-going process for monitoring relevant statutory changes
  
• Initial intellectual property assessment, recommendations for protecting IP and establishment of on-going process for registration and otherwise maintaining such assets
  
• Risks assessments for legal liabilities inherent in particular business ventures and activities
  
• Interpretation of existing contractual rights and obligations in the event of disputes or potential disputes—work with third-party legal counsel for resolution prior to the escalation to litigation
  
• Assistance in evaluating and negotiating liability coverage and assistance with other aspects of insurance coverage
  

Litigation

• Dispute management in which contracts and other legal rights can be used to settle disputes prior to litigation
  
• Assistance in retaining and managing outside legal counsel for litigation or specialty areas of practice—effective cost management for such retained services