Providing superior and cost-effective external General Counsel services.

Spencer C. Demetros, Esq.

Principal

Welcome to our website. Cliffside Legal Advisors provides contracted General Counsel services to privately-held companies that are not yet ready for a full-time inhouse GC.

We are experienced GC/Chief Legal Officers who have worked inhouse for much of our careers for privately-held and publicly-traded technology companies. We also have extensive private practice and public sector experience. Our wide-ranging training and experience provide a rich foundation for assisting Private Equity and Venture Capital-backed portfolio companies with developing and maintaining sound legal processes and controls. And for guiding clients to successful business solutions through commonsense legal advice, impeccable judgment, and integrity.

If your company needs outsourced legal services, but of the type that optimally would be performed by inhouse attorneys, let’s discuss whether Cliffside Legal Advisors would be a good fit for your business.

Spencer C. Demetros, Esq.

Principal

Welcome to our website. Cliffside Legal Advisors provides contracted General Counsel services to privately-held companies that are not yet ready for a full-time inhouse GC.

We are experienced GC/Chief Legal Officers who have worked inhouse for much of our careers for privately-held and publicly-traded technology companies. We also have extensive private practice and public sector experience. Our wide-ranging training and experience provide a rich foundation for assisting Private Equity and Venture Capital-backed portfolio companies with developing and maintaining sound legal processes and controls. And for guiding clients to successful business solutions through commonsense legal advice, impeccable judgment, and integrity.

If your company needs outsourced legal services, but of the type that optimally would be performed by inhouse attorneys, let’s discuss whether Cliffside Legal Advisors would be a good fit for your business.

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Post-Acquisition Audit and Implementation of Legal Processes and Controls

 

During diligence for PE and VC-backed company acquisitions, the buyer’s deal counsel often identifies a laundry-list of missing or inadequate legal processes and controls. The absence of these items may not be deal-breakers, but it nonetheless is imperative that the key ones be addressed post-closing.

Inhouse General Counsels or CLOs are typically well-positioned to project manage the post-closing audit process to identify what legal processes or controls are lacking. These inhouse legal managers also are particularly adept at following-through with the sometimes-tedious process of developing and implementing those items that must be addressed. The challenge is...

General Legal Services

Corporate Governance

Develop and maintain key corporate records, including Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Board minutes, and all corporate resolutions…

Revenue Contracts

Ensure the company deploys sound contract negotiation and review practices so that sales agreements avoid terms that would result in…

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Procurement Contracts

Develop protocols for the mandatory review by legal counsel or other qualified professional of all substantial procurement contracts

Employment and Executive Compensation

Develop and maintain signed employment agreements containing confidentiality, invention assignment, and non-solicitation provisions…

Intellectual Property

Maintain database of all U.S. and foreign (pending and approved) patents, trademarks, and copyrights and implement a process for the timely payments of annuities…

Data Privacy

Develop and maintain a sound data-privacy compliance program that includes: i) publicly-facing and internal privacy notices, Data Protection Policy, and customer…

Compliance Training

Assist with the development of annual compliance training that includes: i) Code of Conduct; ii) sexual-harassment-avoidance and non-discrimination…

Foreign Subsidiaries

For all foreign subsidiaries, maintain proper corporate formalities, ensure that all regulatory fees are paid, all required filings are made…

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Assist with the selection of, and manage, outside litigation counsel; and manage the resolution…

Insurance

Facilitate the securing of the appropriate levels of coverage for: general liability, personal and real property, errors…

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For more information on how Cliffside Legal Advisors can assist your company, please contact us at:

Cliffside Legal Advisors
4 Cliffside Drive
Harvard, MA 01451

Phone: (617) 388-4547