Business Legal Services
Growing a business or corporation often means that your existing agreements will need revisions or that new agreements need to be put in place as operations change with scale. EmergeCounsel works with businesses of all sizes to navigate these complicated processes and make sure that you are fully protected should anything go awry. We work closely with our clients to understand their business and legal issues; setting a budget and work plan to ensure quality and timely results.
Entity and Ownership Structure
- Determining, institute and/or amend appropriate form of business entity (corporation v. limited liability company)
- Determining and addressing operational liabilities
- Structuring ownership interests between partners
- Building an efficient but effective IP portfolios
Global Business
- Coordinating counsel to assist in global expansion
- Effectuating international trademark and copyright protection
Commercial Transactional Documentation
- Articulating warranty terms and conditions
- Providing clear transitional documents
- Memorializing payment and non-payment terms
- Verifying compliance with common industry practices
Employment
- At-will employment offers/policies
- Employee handbooks
- Benefits policies and procedures, including stock or unit options
- Classifying workers as independent contractors or employees
- Cybersecurity
- Terms of use
- Privacy policies
- Copyright notices
- Cybersecurity
- Privacy including the transfer of data between the United States and European Union
Proper Legal Entity Formation
- Personal, financial, and corporate goal discussions
- Review of current agreements between interested parties
- Written summary and counsel regarding various business structures (Corporation, C-Corp., Partnership, LLC, etc.)
Note: EmergeCounsel does not employ a tax attorney and does not provide tax advice. It does have professional relationships with tax attorneys, which clients may utilize.
Business Agreements
- Partnerships and limited partnerships
- Founders
- Collaborations
- Joint ventures
- Liquidations
Business Contracts, Forms, and Processes
- Warranty terms and conditions
- Limit liability, especially for events beyond a company’s control
- Policies on license terms, returns and/or refunds of goods and/or services
- Payment and non-payment terms
- Verify compliance with common industry practices