General Counsel & Corporate Counsel Services
Brown & Charbonneau, LLP General Counsel Program
B&C’s General Counsel Program provides an innovative new way of providing legal services that makes talented general counsel available to fast-growth and mid-sized companies. B&C’s customized, value-based legal services make it financially possible for your company to enjoy all the advantages of talented and experienced in-house counsel as part of your management team for an affordable, flat monthly fee. Our award winning attorneys are top notch, highly rated and experienced. The services include, but are not limited to, the following:
- General business planning
- Litigation & dispute management/advice
- HR and employment issues
- Contract preparation, negotiations and disputes
- Comprehensive risk management services
- Corporate & LLC governance and compliance
- Attending board meetings
- Advising the board on fiduciary and other legal duties
- Trademark, copyright, patent and intellectual property issues
- Shareholder and partnership disputes
- Crisis management
- Compliance management and related issues
- Public policy advice and advocacy
A general counsel’s duties involve overseeing and identifying the legal issues in all departments and their interrelation, including engineering, design, marketing, sales, distribution, credit, finance, human resources, production, as well as corporate governance and business policy. This would naturally require in most cases reporting directly to the owner or CEO overseeing the very business on which the CLO is expected to be familiar with and advise on the most confidential level. This requires the CLO/general counsel to work closely with each of the other officers, and their departments, to appropriately be aware and advise.[1] Since the 1980s, however, the general counsel position has become increasingly prominent in successful companies, often directly advising the board of directors in place of outside lawyers.
Call the business and corporate lawyers of Brown & Charbonneau, LLP today to find out how we can help your company with all of its legal issues through our General Counsel Program. Call 714.505.3000 and ask for Paula Reno to set up a time to learn all about it!
