"Cathy is pleasant to work with, and she produces excellent results. Her sound advice and professional reporting has definitely improved the quality of our committee and board meetings."
- D.K., Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Public Company
We serve start-ups that do not need or cannot afford full-time counsel, as well as mid-size and large companies that need additional legal resources but cannot justify an additional head or big firm fees.
We handle even your most sensitive situations with decorum, discretion and grace, maintaining complete confidentiality and integrity at all times. With that kind of commitment and trust, we are often invited into Board and Committee meetings and play an active role in the decision making process of many major corporations.
Here are just a few of the many services that we offer.
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Transactions & General Corporate Matters
- Audit and evaluate current practices to provide recommendations to improve existing programs.
- Develop and implement committee charters
- Create director independence standards
- Implement corporate governance guidelines
- Assist with board, committee and director evaluation process
- Develop board orientation programs
- Assist with developing board and committee meeting agendas to ensure proper discharge of duties as set forth in the committee charters and governance guidelines
- Prepare board and committee resolutions
- Attend, take and produce meeting minutes
- Handle annual meeting of shareholders/stockholders
- Manage subsidiary governance and maintenance
- Policy development (including conduct and ethics, insider trading, related party transactions and document retention)
- Venture capital transactions
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Licensing
- Commercial contracts