Description
Represent companies in commercial transactions and disputes; draft and negotiate contracts; counsel on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and risk; and manage mergers, financings, and other strategic deals.
- • Advise companies on business transactions, corporate structure, liability, and legal obligations.
- • Interpret corporate, commercial, securities, antitrust, employment, and privacy laws for business clients.
- • Analyze legal risks and probable outcomes of transactions and commercial disputes.
- • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including sales, service, supply, SaaS, NDAs, and licensing.
- • Structure, negotiate, and close mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
- • Conduct and manage legal due diligence for investments and M&A.
- • Prepare corporate governance documents, board resolutions, bylaws, minutes, and compliance policies.
- • Advise on securities offerings, private placements, and SEC and state compliance.
- • Counsel startups on formation, capitalization, and equity incentive plans.
- • Manage regulatory filings, permits, and approvals with federal, state, and local agencies.
- • Represent businesses in mediations, arbitrations, and commercial litigation, or before government agencies.
- • Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments for business disputes.
- • Negotiate settlements of commercial disputes.
- • Draft and review real estate and commercial lease agreements.
- • Protect and monetize intellectual property through licensing and technology transactions.
- • Advise on employment law matters, restrictive covenants, and executive and vendor agreements.
- • Develop and implement compliance programs for anti-corruption, privacy, and export controls.
- • Prepare legal opinions, memoranda, and transaction closing documents; file required notices.
- • Search and examine corporate records and UCC filings to establish ownership and liens.
- • Supervise paralegals and outside counsel; manage legal operations and budgets.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
