OUR SERVICES
We provide a variety of legal services to corporations including:
Outsourced General Counsel
Transaction Legal Services
In-House Legal Support Services
OUTSOURCED GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES
In any established business, the in-house legal function serves as the focal point for managing corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory and compliance matters.
For startups and emerging companies, the legal requirements are not typically as broad-based, but the need for management of the legal function cannot be ignored, especially for organizations striving for an acquisition or IPO.
Often, startups rely on a CFO or senior executive to manage the legal function, working with large law firms which filter legal projects down to relatively inexperienced associates.
McDonnell Law Group supports you with all or part of the legal function, freeing executives to focus on achieving business objectives while providing them with ready access to economical legal counsel familiar with the team, the board of directors, and the business.
TRANSACTION LEGAL SERVICES
Our transaction legal services range from simple licensing transactions to complicated equity and debt financings.
We've drafted the form agreements used by some of the largest technology companies in the world and have helped startups and emerging companies with venture rounds and debt financings.
Our extensive experience in both in-house roles and in private practice enables us to provide highly efficient and cost-effective legal services.
By providing technology transactions expertise on a wide range of transactions for software, hardware, and Internet-based businesses, we can quickly provide you with contracts in all phases of manufacturing, development, licensing, and commercial deployments for companies large and small.
With our extensive experience and form library, we structure your deals properly, counsel business personnel on tactics, tips and traps, and provide options to close deals promptly and to your advantage.
Also, since our primary focus is on representing entrepreneurial companies, we have particular expertise assisting clients in thinking through opportunities and in providing contractual frameworks to pursue their objectives.
IN-HOUSE legal SUPPORT SERVICES
Having been in-house counsel, we understand the time pressures faced by in-house attorneys and the organizational coordination required to do deals right.
We readily understand the need of in-house counsel to have transaction support without paying a huge legal bill.
Our in-house transaction support provides coordinated, cost-efficient transaction structuring, drafting and negotiation.
We also provide assistance with special projects, such as providing in-house functions for litigation and mergers and acquisitions.
When companies find themselves in these situations, often working with large law firms, the cost of outside counsel and their paralegals can be overwhelming and the internal administrative requirements burdensome.
We bring hands-on management in these situations, providing efficient communication between company counsel, company executives, and outside counsel at rates much lower than big firms.
With both transaction support and mission-critical projects, we bring focus and clarity that helps in-house counsel add value to the organization.