General Counsel

Risk Management: By being actively involved with your business, EQUES® General Counsel can identify and proactively mitigate risk, as well as immediately address the full scope of risks as they occur.

Tailored Solutions: Your business and industry has unique issues that need specific and creative solutions. EQUES® General Counsel listens to your vision, goals, and needs to craft tailored solutions to protect and advance your business.

Business Strategy & Advice: Turning a vision into a reality takes a team that understands multiple disciplines. Having a legal team that can research and understand the regulatory and legal landscape around your business can prevent problems, identify opportunities, and secure your opportunities for success as you move toward the next. Whether as a board member or one-on-one with business leaders, EQUES® will provide you with advice to protect and grow your business.

Negotiations: The EQUES® General Counsel team has decades of advocacy and negotiation experience. We can advise on your position, advocate for that position in negotiations, and represent you in drafting the initial and final proposals with the other party.

Litigation: The EQUES® General Counsel team are skilled litigators that understand the nuances of business litigation. Litigation is a marathon and not a sprint. The EQUES® litigators know how to run this race and will be with you every step of the way.

Operational Support: The EQUES® General Counsel team can help you craft your employment policies (hiring and firing), employment contracts, negotiate compensation packages, draft handbooks and policies, and even interview or dismiss key employees.

Mergers & Acquisitions: The EQUES® General Counsel team has first-hand experience in buying, selling, and merging businesses. Whether you are looking to start or add a new revenue stream, bolt on an existing business, merge with a strategic partner, acquire a competitor, or sell your business, EQUES® can tailor a plan to accomplish your goals.

Exit Planning: The time comes for an owner to hand the business of to the next generation, transition leadership, sell their business, or hang it up. Before that time comes the EQUES® General Counsel team will help you create an actionable plan to streamline the process and maximize your peace of mind and return on investment.