Custom General Counsel Models

Fractional General Counsel

Shared Legal Counsel for Related Company Groups

Legal Counsel for Founders/CEOs

Corporate Counsel for investor groups, venture studios, private equity, incubators & accelerators.

Legal Advisor to Portfolio Companies

Special Counsel to the Board of Directors

Interim General Counsel

Centers of Expertise

• Corporate Governance [representing company, board or founders]

• Real Estate [Construction, Finance, Facilities, alt real estate tech]

• Health Care and Health Tech

  [Medical Devices, Hospitals and Health Systems, Physicians, Dental Tech, Mental Health Tech]

• EdTech

• Hospitality and Travel Tech

Add a trusted colleague who takes care of business, simplifies legal issues, and solves complex problems

25 years

Startup Legal Experience

In Total Transactions as Counsel

$1.3 B+

Most Requested Model:

Embedded Fractional General Counsel

• The benefits of in-house attorneys at a cost that works for new and scaling companies.

• Allows startups to build and own their legal work and infrastructure rather than renting the results for every legal issue that arises.

• General Counsel services are provided through different based on the needs of the client.

Other Short Term / Limited Models

• Interim General Counsel (Able to assist with permanent GC search)

• Counsel for Due Diligence (for sellers, buyers, investors or funded startups)

• Special Counsel for a single major legal issue, or single area of law

• Crisis Management Counsel or Advisor

• Legal Support for a specific business function. Department of Division Counsel.

Additional Resources in All Options

• Industry-specific GCs available through referral network, if Monde Law cannot handle directly.

• Deep bench of additional attorneys available if expertise is not available with Fractional GC

• Open standing “Office Hours” for employees, management, founders, boards

• IP management. With expanded protection for trade secrets, media, alternative forms of IP

• Corporate Governance

• Corporate Secretary services /Board Liaison

• Finance and Fundraising preparation for due diligence on company

• Board of Directors training and updates

General Counsel Models and Services

Models for Portfolios

• Group General Counsel

• Legal Advisor to Portfolio Companies

• Special Counsel to Board of Directors

• Personal Counsel to CEO or Founder(s)

• Corporate Group GC services for investor groups, venture studios, venture funds, private equity, incubators and accelerators.

• Shared costs or expense centers spread across multiple companies

Monde Law. Built for the future. Diligence in the present.

★★★★★

Monde Law provides traditional excellence and services expected from an experienced General Counsel.

• Knowledge of Client’s Business and Objectives.

• Monde Law GC will answer very high percentage (normally over 90%) of legal issues based on experience.

• Work with Exec Team to design long term legal strategy.

• Communicate through Company’s Internal Channels .

• Build Out Legal Roadmap, Playbooks, Contract Templates, Checklists.

• Company develops its own form contracts

• Create the company’s own playbook for legal negotiations

• Assess and manage cybersecurity and data privacy legal requirements.

• Full HR and Employment Law coverage for hirings, terminations, benefits, reviews, complaints, pre-action advice on employee matters.

• Manage expert outside counsel engagements.

• Make the Client Company an “educated consumer of legal services”.

• Advise on terms and conditions of fundraising.

And GC work beyond the basics

• Legal and Enterprise Risk Assessments, tailored roadmaps, checklist and reviews.

• Help selecting the right corporate entities.

• Building a legal infrastructure that you own instead of rent.

• Set up the company correctly at a very early stage and avoid the headaches of re-creating corporate history.

• Do Corporate Housekeeping before targeting investors.

• Build Corporate Governance and Board structure for scalability.

• Support creation of advisory boards, board committees, shareholder agreements, designated board officers.

• Outside Counsel Management, including spend management.

• Legal Tech management to replace some general counsel functions with efficient tech solutions.

• Coordinate with your financial, go-to-market, tech, growth and other advisors.

• On call services

• Dedicated virtual office hours for drop in.

• Train Board members, new hires, employees across the board, management, individual founders or CEO.

Contact Monde Law

Get in touch for expert legal guidance tailored for your startup and emerging business needs.

A consultation to determine whether Monde Law can cover your needs is always no charge.