General Counsel Services

Overview

In-house attorneys operate in fast-paced and dynamic environments where they are responsible for managing a wide variety of risks and stakeholders, often in the face of resource constraints and competing demands.

Epstein Becker Green is available to supplement the capacity of a company’s existing legal team, as well as serve as outside general counsel to businesses without in-house counsel capabilities.

With more than 40 attorneys who possess substantial in-house backgrounds, the Epstein Becker Green team brings a wealth of experience across sectors and subject-matter areas that can help your business manage risk and ensure efficient and effective operations.

Our team includes attorneys who have served as general counsel or in senior legal positions at Fortune 500 companies, health care systems, insurers, health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and global financial companies, among others. This "real world" experience—coupled with our industry know-how and the resources of our Health Care & Life Sciences; Employment, Labor & Workforce Management; and Litigation & Business Disputes practices—enables us to provide effective advice and counsel and, if necessary, defend companies that need additional legal support.

We provide general counsel services to clients throughout the country. Many of these clients operate within highly regulated environments, such as health care, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and others. We offer customized options for general counsel support that best suit clients' needs and budgets.

Our approach is not just reactive, but proactive. We work closely with each client, gaining a deep understanding of its business model and objectives. We aim to provide the client with the best and most cost-effective solutions to its legal concerns while emphasizing a forward-looking approach that mitigates the client’s risks and eliminates issues that could lead to unnecessary problems or lawsuits.

Our Services

Our general counsel services are tailored to each client’s needs. As outside general counsel, we can coordinate and oversee, among other things:

general day-to-day business, legal, and compliance advice and counsel;
corporate governance matters, such as:
- advice on strategic and complex issues,
- participation in board meetings and drafting minutes,
- advice on officer and director fiduciary duties and exposure to claims,
- drafting and administration of equity plans, and
- preparation of corporate governance documents;
drafting, review, and negotiation of:
- software, technology, and license agreements;
- contract research and development agreements, clinical trial agreements, and product commercialization agreements;
- professional services agreements;
- development or outsourcing agreements;
- financing agreements;
- vendor and services agreements;
- leases; and
- other commercial contracts;
personnel and employment law matters, such as:
- employee relations concerns, interpersonal conflict, and behavioral issues;
- investigations and support with disciplinary and performance management processes;
- employee hiring, retention, and termination;
- employee handbooks, policies, agreements, and other documentation;
- workplace training; and
- competitive matters, including enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants;
immigration support;
health care regulatory counseling;
mergers and acquisitions (support and implementation);
privacy and data security (including emergency response and preparedness);
dispute management, including:
- early intervention and risk management, and
- negotiation and resolution of matters pre-dispute;
arbitration, mediation, and litigation services;
supervision or evaluation of local or special counsel; and
special projects.