Outside General Counsel

Whether you are a small or mid-sized private company with no or limited internal legal support but not ready to hire or add full-time counsel, or any company with overwhelmed legal resources struggling to keep up with demands, Rabin & Company can support your legal needs. Having served as a portfolio company's General Counsel and also as Chief Commercial Officer in a Fortune 150 NYSE company, David Rabin has a deep understanding of the legal guidance a business requires to balance profitability and growth with appropriate risk management, and how to address the needs of multiple stakeholders within a matrixed business by providing pragmatic solutions.

Rabin & Company can provide outsourced General Counsel services on a generalist basis and also can directly support specific areas including:

• Commercial contracting—both buy-side and sell-side, including development of forms and templates

• M&A, equity & debt investments, partnerships and joint ventures, term sheets and side letters

• Outside counsel oversight and legal budget compliance

• Outsourcing 

• Intellectual property matters, including SaaS and license agreements, and trademarks

• Labor and employment issues, including executive compensation

• Corporate governance

• Real estate & facilities matters

• Dispute and litigation management

• Due diligence

• Risk management

• Supply chain and service agreements

• Franchise agreements

• Compliance and privacy issues

As outside general counsel, Rabin & Company can, on a monthly retainer or hourly basis, act as a business-focused strategic advisor, serve as the primary point of contact for a company's leadership team on legal and risk management issues, and oversee legal operations—including supervising and evaluating the value provided by all supporting law firms.

Having worked inside corporate C-Suites, we understand how important budget certainty is to a buyer of legal services. We offer Big Law quality, talent and experience, but at competitive rates and are receptive to alternative and flexible fee structures, including monthly retainers, project-based pricing, and hourly rates, to work within your budget and add value.

We will leverage additional attorneys with general counsel or specialist experience, as needed, and have established strategic alliances with reasonably priced outside law firms, to meet clients' needs either on a project or programmatic basis.