Legal Business Partners
We serve as Legal Business Partners for our clients. The legal services and solutions we provide are always aligned with our clients’ business strategies, needs and realities. We offer a holistic, cross-functional and practical service that adds real value.
OUR WAYS OF WORKING
Areas where we can help you the most:
Commercial Contracts and Projects
- Review, drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts
- Contract policies and guidelines
- Contract templates
- Training
Corporate Law and Governance
- General corporate governance matters
- Support in mergers and acquisitions
- Shareholders’ agreements
Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Legal support from entry to exit
- Advisor to investors, founders and target companies
- Dedicated Legal Business Partner to portfolio companies and their boards of directors in operational and strategic matters
- Fund documentation review for investors
Technology and Digitalization
- Support in procurement of technology products and services
- Service agreements, licensing, project agreements and other technology related agreements
- ICT outsourcing
- Data protection and privacy
- Support in e-commerce and marketing
- Support in IP protection and strategy
- Training
Employment and Labor Law
- Transfer of business and transaction-related matters
- Employment and director agreements
- Statutory requirements and collective agreements
- Negotiations with unions and employee representatives
- Working hours, annual holiday, sick leave and family leave matters
- Employee performance and warnings
- Collective and individual terminations of employment
- Occupational safety and health, work well-being
- Policies, guidelines, templates and training
Conflict Management
- Prevention of commercial disputes
- Handling of claims
- Early case assessments
- Early resolution of conflicts through settlement negotiations and mediation
- Dispute resolution strategies
- Liability mitigation
- Training
- Litigation
- Arbitration
Compliance
- Compliance programs and policies
- Regulatory projects
- GDPR compliance
- Audits
- Training
Legal Business Partners – Example
Our role as Legal Business Partner is defined together with each client depending on their needs and realities. This role is evolving and flexible, and may include the following elements:
- Close cooperation with key personnel and stakeholders
- Understanding the client’s business, support functions and operating environment
- Acting as a sounding board for the management in operational and strategic matters
- Serving as an easy-to-reach primary point of contact for all or specific legal issues
- Offering proactive legal advice to avoid unnecessary spending of time and money
- Understanding and communicating the risks and opportunities related to the client’s business
- Creating balanced governance and compliance processes to manage legal risks
- Communicating effectively with the client’s internal teams and external parties to ensure timely and efficient delivery
- Representing and supporting the client in negotiations
- Handling and managing the client’s corporate governance matters
- Managing claims and disputes and facilitating amicable resolution of conflicts to maintain business relationships
- Supporting the client in adapting to changes in the regulatory environment
- Training personnel regularly in various legal and compliance issues
- Managing the client’s outside counsel and other advisors
- Working temporarily or regularly at the client’s offices
- Regular reporting as agreed