Services
For the Privatus Client
Zealous Representation | Compassion | Excellence
General Counsel Services
Providing general counsel services tailored to each client's needs. As outside general counsel, coordinating and overseeing, among other things:
Contract draftings, review and negotiation
Executive Issues
Governance
Employment and human resource matters
Mergers and acquisitions (support and implementation)
Supervision or evaluation of local or special counsel
Special projects
Corporate Services
Our business attorneys in Washington DC, New York, and Detroit deliver customized client functions involving business support services, based on specialized knowledge, best practices and firm technology to deliver client objectives. Experienced in working closely with various corporate departments including:
Board member offices
C-suite offices
Finance
Human resources
Sales
Strategic Consulting
We work with clients to achieve niche objectives that have an important impact on the client's growth, profitability, market positioning or service offerings.
Risk Management
We offer an efficient and harmonized approach for mitigating complex risks, allowing resources to be strategically allocated based on unique weighted approaches to each client. Our business attorneys in Washington DC and our offices across the US have worked with clients to mitigate legal and regulatory risks in the following areas:
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery
Corporate Governance
Health Care
Privacy & Cybersecurity
Intellectual Property
Regulatory Compliance
Cross-Border Transactions
We routinely represent U.S. and non-U.S. clients who need full-service representation throughout the lifecycle of the transaction. Our international business attorneys in Washington DC and our other offices counsel clients on all types of cross-border business relationships and agreements including:
Mergers and acquisitions
Joint ventures
Restructurings
Project financing
Agencies and distributorships
Public and private tenders
Business Diligence
As an extension to our General Counsel mantra, our corporate, litigation, and IP lawyers in Washington DC, New York, and Detroit work closely with our clients to vet and analyze business development opportunities through the following early-stage services:
Investigations and research of potential targets and stakeholders
Pre-transaction due diligence
Negotiation of preliminary engagement documents
Deal negotiation
Start-Up Assistance and Growth
We offer the support necessary to launch and grow startup companies, protect their ideas and realize their business objectives. Our M&A lawyers in Washington DC and our other locations offer guidance to emerging companies, which include:
Business formation and structure
Financing, including identifying investors
Intellectual property - patents, trademarks and copyrights
Labor and employment issues
Contracts and agreements
Real estate
Regulatory compliance
Mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions
Wealth and Asset Protection
We communicate tailored advice necessary to identify sources of potential risk in the current structure of your business and financial affairs, and suggesting strategies to manage risk, protect assets and preserve wealth.
Finance (Conventional and Shari'ah Compliant)
We help corporations, banks, sponsors, investment funds, and other investors successfully execute conventional and shari’ah-compliant transactions across the Middle East, the United States, and other jurisdictions.
We can develop, document, and negotiate a full spectrum of conventional financial products along with all of the most common shari'ah-compliant structures, including murabaha, mudaraba, ijara, wakala, musharaka, and istithmar — whether on a standalone basis, or in combination with other products.
Our experience and hands-on approach enables our clients to rely on us for virtually all of their legal needs ranging from straightforward transactions to complex, multifaceted matters in various industries. Whether our clients are providing medical services, launching a new technology platform, or just seeking to be compliant with laws and regulations, our knowledge and know-how will provide effective guidance to achieve the client’s objectives.