Your business may need legal counsel for its day-to-day operations, yet there is not enough work to justify the expense of employing an in-house lawyer. 

You already have an outside law firm on retainer. Yet this fee is much like the flag-down rate of a taxi meter - whatever legal services are rendered will be billed on top of the retainer fee. Due to budgetary constraints you want to predict the costs for such services ahead of time. 

Take note - a virtual general counsel, an individual lawyer who has the experience and expertise of an in-house lawyer but with the flexibility of a freelancer, may be for you.

 

For a monthly flat fee,  the virtual general counsel  will render the following services:

1. Documentation -

preparation and review of contracts, agreements, deeds,
forms, written advice/legal opinions, and demand letters

2. Consultations -

advice and legal opinions on laws and regulations
affecting the client's business. consultations may be held at the client's office

3. Corporate secretarial services -

attendance at board and stockholders' meetings

advice and counseling during said meetings

preparation and keeping of minutes, resolutions and stock transfer books

issuance of stock certificates and documentation of stock transfer transactions

SEC compliance requirements



The following services are deemed special services and fall outside the scope of the virtual general counsel agreement

a. transactions which require extensive negotiations, research and/or documentation

b. dispute resolution, or cases before judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative bodies


We make it a point to understand the client's industry and how it conducts business. We likewise keep ourselves updated on how the Internet affects business in general and the client's industry in particular.



For more information, please feel free to contact Francis M. Egenias at egenias@justice.com, tel. no. 810-7799, fax no. 893-4091, or at the address below.