Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
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Working Effectively with Your Lawyer: Five Tips to Effectively Engage and Use Legal Counsel
Like it or not, most business owners will require legal counsel from time to time. In most circumstances, using legal counsel will be in the context of a transaction, like raising capital, buying a competitor, or bringing in a key…
Working Effectively with Your Lawyer: Don’t “Recycle” Legal Work
Recycling is generally considered a good thing when it comes to trash. It helps the environment and conserves resources. However, in the context of legal work, it is not such a good thing. Of course, when I use the word…
Working Effectively with Your Lawyer: What can a client do to keep legal bills low?
One of the things that business people find most objectionable about the legal industry is the high cost of legal services. Bills often exceeds estimates, sometimes by many multiples. However, while many clients think that the size of the legal…
Working Effectively with Your Lawyer: Don’t “Outsource” the Details of Your Deal
Having an effective relationship with your lawyer involves more than just hiring an attorney who is knowledgable and competent. You must also be able to work with your lawyer in a way that gets a deal done while protecting your…