In-House Legal Services

Your Corporate Business Lawyers

InnovaCounsel’s team has a thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory environments and the challenges you face, and our in-house general counsel can proactively assess and manage the legal health of your company. When you bring in an InnovaCounsel corporate business lawyer, you bring in someone who can oversee the broad legal function, analyze and manage the legal issues you’re facing, and find and manage the right outside lawyers who can handle the rest.

GENERAL CORPORATE

  • General Counsel – managing the day-to-day legal affairs and directing the work of outside lawyers.
  • Corporate governance and advising Board of Directors
  • Stock option and purchase plans
  • Corporate Compliance Programs/Codes of Ethics
  • Intellectual Property/Licensing
  • Company formation
  • Contract negotiation and management

FINANCE

  • Financing, venture capital and private equity
  • Mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs
  • SOX

LITIGATION and DISPUTES

  • Early case assessment
  • Dispute resolution, litigation strategy and management
  • Outside counsel selection and management
  • Settlement analysis
  • Negotiation and discovery

EMPLOYMENT

  • Hiring and terminations/reductions in force
  • Harassment/discrimination claims and internal investigations
  • Employee policy manuals
  • Employee compensation and benefits
  • Employee training programs
  • Employment agreements and consulting agreements

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSING

  • Patents, trademarks and copyrights
  • Trade secrets
  • Licensing

LICENSING, DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

  • Technology development and joint development agreements
  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Franchising and Distribution agreements
  • License agreements, including support and professional services
  • User agreements and privacy policies
  • Trademarks, advertising and branding
  • Counseling to protect trade secrets, copyright, trademarks, patents and inventions

REAL ESTATE

  • Office, retail and industrial leases
  • Real estate property acquisitions and divestitures
  • Construction and permanent financing
  • Landlord/tenant relationships

COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS

  • Development and Review of Contract Templates; Contract Negotiations
  • Purchase and Sale Agreements
  • Professional Service Agreements
  • Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements
  • Independent Contractor Agreements
Contact us today for corporate compliance policy, litigation management, finance, employment, commercial, real estate law and more.