Corporate Counseling & Commercial Transactions

Corporate Counseling

With former corporate general counsel among our ranks, we offer a unique perspective to our clients. We understand how to keep a company’s goals in focus while working to prevent or resolve issues. Our team is well equipped to provide corporate governance advice and compliance assistance. We counsel clients on board, shareholder and other corporate governance issues, and monitor stock exchange, SEC and other matters, regularly. We assist, whether in the capacity as the company’s outside general counsel or as special counsel, boards and board committees with sensitive internal matters and investigations.

Our services include:

• Assistance in preparing charters and best practices
• Counsel on establishing and interpreting codes of ethics
• Coordination and preparation in disclosure matters
• Document retention policies
• Executive compensation agreements
• Formulation of governance principles
• Performance documentation

Commercial Transactions

Businesses are engaged on an ongoing basis in a wide variety of commercial
transactions. We are adept at preparing and negotiating commercial agreements
to better safeguard the interests of our clients. We regularly assist in:

• Representative and distributor agreements
• Vendor contracts
• Terms and conditions of sale
• Outsourcing agreements
• Franchise agreements
• Goods purchase contracts
• Capital lease contracts
• Independent contractor and consulting agreements
• Restrictive agreements to protect confidential and trade secret information
• Licensing
• Software and other technology agreements