Role of the General Counsel
The General Counsel is the chief legal officer and a source of legal guidance on matters impacting the company. The General Counsel role encompasses both legal and business responsibilities and it includes responsibilities related to strategy, governance, certain regulatory compliance matters, legal oversight of operations, risk management, and compliance programs.
As managers face increasingly complex regulatory environments, technological disruptions, and heightened investor expectations, the General Counsel is often called upon to protect and offer guidance on a variety of topics encompassing legal, compliance, and business judgments. The General Counsel also plays a pivotal role in both the company’s transactional and litigation matters, operational best practices, investor communication and risk mitigation.
General Counsel Services
We provide flexible and cost-effective arrangements as your outsourced General Counsel:
- Your business-focused general advisor
- Broad-swath of legal knowledge over many practice areas (litigation, regulatory, contracts, finance, tax, corporate governance, transactional, HR/employment, IP, crisis management, privacy)
- Management of legal projects and strategy
- Management of liability and risk
- Business organization and governance
- Employment and compensation issues
- ERISA and tax considerations
- Confidentiality agreements
- Vendor, placement agent, administration, technology and consultant agreements
- Capital raising and lR issues
- Regulatory compliance issues
- Upper tier and succession planning
- Leasing
- Connections and referrals to leading industry experts (ex. law, tax, PEO, deal counsel)
Investment Management
We work with private fund managers on their foundational and ongoing legal and organizational issues. We work on a flat-fee or budgeted-hourly basis. We are happy to work seamlessly in tandem with your outside counsel to partner on projects in order to lower your overall legal spend.
- Fund organization and governance.
- Fund launch support
- LP negotiations and side letters
- Investment transaction agreement negotiation
- Employment agreements and offer letters
- Succession planning
- Management company advisory
- SEC regulatory and compliance issues
- Referrals to recommended service providers
- Activist investing issues/proxy contests
- Compliance and regulatory support
- Common structuring and organizational issues
Corporate
We work with founders, startups and established companies to help them navigate through corporate and regulatory matters. We help with:
- Corporate structuring
- Compliance/Regulatory
- Contracts
- Commercial transactions
- Founder agreements and equity arrangements
Industries
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