We  serve as the outside general counsel to various corporate clients. Our corporate attorneys have the broad transactional and litigation experience, organizational skills and attention to detail that are necessary to meet the daily demands of an operating business. We are experienced leading teams of professionals and client corporate personnel to carryout a variety of domestic and international projects. Our corporate attorneys also work with in-house counsel or legal departments on a project-by-project basis to assist them with areas requiring specialization.

MANAGING YOUR LEGAL BUDGET

As an established business, you understand that legal fees and expenses are part of the costs of doing business. Through regular interaction and open communication, we can help you manage your corporate legal budget. Through an understanding about your company, your industry and your business objectives, and because of our substantial experience as corporate attorneys, we can help you estimate an appropriate legal budget to enable you to manage the legal costs of doing business.

ENDURING RELATIONSHIPS

We build long-term relationships with our corporate clients based on trust and open communication. By understanding our client's corporate culture and long-term goals, we can add value to the client by keeping the client informed of legal developments that affect their business and by providing independent analysis that is not clouded by the internal politics of an organization. Armed with such knowledge, we are able to provide timely, cost-effective solutions to legal issues. Regularly working with you as a team enables us to reduce or eliminate the delays associated with getting new counsel up to speed about your business operations.

We also understand that corporate taxes impact your bottom line. By having an intimate and comprehensive understanding of your business, we can identify a broader spectrum of tax savings opportunities. We provide additional value through strategic tax planning to minimize taxes for a particular company, a consolidated group, or a multinational group of affiliates.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Corporations are subject to an ever-increasing web of state and federal laws and regulations, as well as local ordinances. Our corporate attorneys are experienced advising domestic and multinational corporations on regulatory compliance, including obtaining permits and regulatory authorizations, state and federal informational reporting,  and planning interstate transactions to minimize multistate tax and regulatory reporting requirements. For multinational corporations, we work with foreign local counsel and public accountancy firms to ensure that our clients are fully apprised of regulatory reporting and compliance requirements in foreign markets in which client is planning to enter.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The attorneys in our corporate practice can provide corporate services such as establishing and maintaining a corporate compliance program to help our clients comply with the web of state and federal laws and regulations affecting their business. In addition, where appropriate, we can serve as corporate secretary, corporate records custodian and registered agents for our corporate clients to ensure the proper maintenance of corporate formalities and governance. We help our clients establish and maintain a corporate records retention policy to maintain institutional memory, and to be prepared for any future litigation or governmental inquiries or investigations.

CONTACT US

To speak to an attorney about our firm serving as your outsourced general counsel, please contact us here, or call 713.650.9700.

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