Early-stage and emerging small-to-mid-size private and public companies usually need to address the kinds of legal issues listed below. A Company Counsel Network Attorney has the legal and business experience to handle most of the issues. As to the remainder, the Company Counsel Network Attorney can manage the outsourcing and referral process and monitor the performance and cost of each referral to outside counsel.
GENERAL CORPORATE
- Business and tax planning
- Entity formation (corporations, limited liability companies, and limited and general partnerships)
- Founders’ and shareholders’ agreements
- Stock option and purchase plans
- Corporate governance
- Corporate compliance programs
CORPORATE FINANCE
- Venture capital (and angel investor) and private equity agreements
- Private placements and public offerings (including preparation of required private placement memorandums, disclosure statements and prospectuses)
- Public company 1934 Act reporting
- Mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs
- Commercial banking agreements, including asset-based lending and factoring agreements
LABOR RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Employment agreements
- Hiring and terminations
- Incentive and other stock option plans and equity-based compensation programs
- Workplace regulation and claims (employee policy manuals, workplace safety and injuries, wage and hours and employee benefits, discrimination, sexual harassment, Americans With Disabilities Act, and privacy issues)
MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Technology development agreements
- Technical support agreements, user agreements and privacy policies
- Consulting, finders, professional service, and other independent contractor agreements
- Manufacturing, distribution and franchise agreements (including preparation of offering circulars)
- Sales transactions and practices: UCC, product advertising and branding, unfair competition, anti-trust and truth-in-advertising
- IP Agreements: patent, trademark and copyright licensing; non-disclosure and confidentiality
- Entertainment production, financing and distribution agreements for film, television and music
- Non-competition and non-circumvention agreements
REAL ESTATE & ENVIRONMENTAL
- Real property acquisitions and dispositions
- Construction and permanent financing
- Office, retail and industrial leases
- Landlord/tenant relationships
- Environmental studies, clean-up and third party liability
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Negotiation of disputes
- Participation in mediations
- Structuring and documentation of resolutions and settlements
- Management and coordination of outside litigation counsel in connection with arbitration and litigation
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