Outside Counsel, Inside Perspective
We serve as trusted legal advisors for international companies entering and operating in the U.S. market. Our attorneys guide clients through corporate governance, contracts, compliance, employment issues, and daily operational needs, with strategies designed to meet the unique demands of doing business in the United States.
We provide counsel that scales with your growth, manages risk, and helps you navigate the complexities of the U.S. legal and regulatory landscape.
All related services
- Strengthening governance structures to protect family wealth and ensure smooth decision-making
- Privacy Advice and Counsel
- Franchise Relationship Issues
- State Legal and Regulatory Issues
- Real Estate & Environmental
- Financial Records and Business Insurance
- Loan Documents and Bank Relationships
- Counsel on FTC guidelines and California advertising laws for compliant dealer marketing
- Employment & Workplace Matters
- Succession Issues
- Co-ownership Issues
- Environmental Issues
- Workplace Safety / Emergency Planning
- Contract Review & Risk Management
- General Day-to-Day Counsel
- Company Operations & Regulatory Advice and Counsel
Inside Insight, Outside Strength
Our role as outside general counsel puts us at the intersection of business and law, close enough to understand daily operations, yet positioned to bring independent perspective when it matters most.
The representative matters below reflect that dual vantage point, showing how we’ve advised clients on governance, contracts, compliance, employment, and risk management with solutions that protect the business from the inside out.
Representative matters
- Counseled clients on leave and accommodation issues, including FMLA/CFRA, pregnancy disability, and discretionary leave.
- Directed and conducted workplace investigations involving hostile work environment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims.
- Represented the children of the founder of a Silicon Valley-based business in formalizing the transition of ownership. Negotiated, structured, and documented the transfer of legal and beneficial ownership from the founder to the next generation, preserving financial benefits for the founder and immediate family while navigating the complexities of maintaining Subchapter S status, including restrictions on allocating profits and losses strictly in proportion to share ownership.
- Advised a high-net-worth individual in Central California on facilitating a generational transfer through the acquisition of a profitable motor vehicle dealership by younger family members. Provided guidance on the dealership M&A transaction while structuring intergenerational financing to make the acquisition feasible. The matter combined corporate and private wealth planning to ensure business continuity and achieve family wealth transfer objectives.
- Represented a joint venture comprising two high-net-worth individuals and investment fund participants in the $60 million sale of a major Southern California business line to a family office. Our role included structuring and negotiating deal terms while safeguarding the interests of both individual and institutional stakeholders
- Advised a trustee of a Northern California trust holding a significant regional employer and retail enterprise. Developed an ownership transfer and governance plan that balanced transferring business ownership to a key employee while maintaining appropriate trustee oversight. Crafted strategies to integrate family members and beneficiaries into management roles, safeguarding family wealth and ensuring continuity of business operations.
- Provides advice/counsel to clients in complex medical leave of absence and disability accommodation situations and drafts related correspondence/policies.
- Creates complex commission pay plans and assists clients with tools to properly calculate overtime pay, meal/rest break premiums; vacation/sick leave pay; final vacation pay and other regulated methods of employee compensation.
- Author of comprehensive Human Resources process and compliance manual and accompanying personnel forms library that span the employment lifecycle.
- Assisted in drafting strategic letter for consulting firm, identifying key risks of proposed contract, contributing to a favorable resolution.
- Drafted complex subscription agreement and prepared cap table for up-and-coming investment adviser firm with significant investments.
- Drafted and negotiated licensing and service agreements for clients in automotive, tech, manufacturing, and healthcare industries.
A depth of expertise
