General Counsel Services are generally conducted on a flat fee basis and can include

• negotiating and drafting commercial contracts,
• ongoing corporate governance,
• attendance at board and shareholder meetings,
• preparation of corporate advice memoranda,
• resolutions and consents,
• employment and HR oversight including employment agreements,
• independent contractor agreements,
• hiring and firing processes,
• employment handbooks and workplace policies,
• as well as routine corporate real estate transactions.

Business Startup Services can be conducted as a single flat fee or can be conducted in phases according to the budget constraints of the startup and can include:

• choice of entity counselling,
• name availability,
• trademark clearance,
• corporate formation,
• corporate books and records including shareholder ledgers,
• stock certificates,
• meeting minutes and resolutions,
• banking authorization,
• founder’s agreements,
• shareholder agreements,
• investor agreements,
• by-laws and operating agreements,
• state and local business licenses,
• non-compete agreements,
• intellectual property assignments,
• initial employment agreements, and
• hours of advice to the business founders.

Business Growth Services can be conducted on a flat fee or hourly basis and may include:

• corporate finance transactions,
• raising debt and equity capital,
• mergers and acquisitions,
• divestitures,
• restructuring,
• due diligence,
• competitive analysis,
• investor agreements,
• stock purchase and subscription agreements,
• convertible notes,
• buy-sell agreements,
• employment audits,
• real estate purchases,
• commercial leasing,
• equipment leasing,
• custom contract preparation,
• out of state and foreign expansion,
• regulatory compliance, and more.

Intellectual Property Services include:

• intellectual property counselling,
• registration of trademarks,
• registration of copyright,
• trade secret protection,
• product commercialization strategies,
• brand protection,
• invention assignments,
• intellectual property due diligence,
• intellectual property audits,
• acquiring IP licenses,
• IP agreements,
• international IP registration,
• IP valuation and more.

Internet and Technology Law Services include:

• technology licensing agreements,
• software licenses,
• development agreements,
• software escrow agreements,
• website terms and conditions,
• privacy policies,
• DMCA compliance,
• EU GDPR compliance,
• responding to subpoenas,
• issuing and responding to take-down requests,
• domain name acquisition and sales,
• domain name disputes, online contracts,
• internet marketing agreements and more.

Business Litigation Services are almost always conducted on an hourly fee basis, however, we often adopt flexible and creative fee models to work with our clients budgets. Business Litigation Services include:

• Early case evaluation,
• litigation budgeting and management,
• business litigation and litigation management,
• arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution,
• selection of outside counsel and local counsel in foreign jurisdictions,
• case management and settlement strategies,
• alternative dispute resolution,
• advising on matters including claims of intellectual property infringement,
• trade secret misappropriation,
• restrictive covenant enforcement,
• shareholder and partnership disputes,
• breach of contract and other complex commercial litigation.