General Counsel Practice delivers experience, judgment, and staffing flexibility.
Hiring a full-time in-house lawyer is both a risk and a significant investment. It requires sizable headhunter fees, plus salary, bonus, and benefits, all in the face of constant pressure to reduce the number of full-time employees. Alternatively, today’s private firm lawyers have become highly specialized with often unpredictable high-cost billable hours, best suited for large transactions, unique requirements or litigation.
General Counsel Practice LLC is new, a concierge legal service with a seasoned general counsel delivering timely, business-focused legal advice. Staffing flexibility and a fair, fixed fee or a negotiated variable rate well below that of a traditional law firm.
As general counsel for both public and private companies, Noel Elfant has the experience and judgment to drive business growth and navigate acceptable risk on a broad array of issues. He has not only saved money but generated income through creative counseling. His legal departments ranked as high performing in all metrics measured by a company’s employee survey and earned top service department honors. Noel Elfant is fast, efficient, creative and collaborative, and now with General Counsel Practice LLC.
Fractional general counsel services: Experienced advice to drive growth, navigate risk and control cost.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate and General Counsel
Advice and counsel to senior management and the Board of Directors on governance matters and strategic initiatives; corporate secretarial function; complex commercial contracts; M&A; selection and management of specialized outside counsel.
Compliance, Governance and Disputes
Development of governance principles and policies; internal investigations; whistle blowing; training; advice and counsel regarding data protection and breaches; dispute resolution; litigation management.
Employment
Advice and counsel to the human resources function, including training; offer letters; employment agreements; non-compete and non-disclosure agreements; employment handbooks; progressive discipline and dispute resolution.
health, safety and environment
Development of policies and practices; self-audits; advice and counsel in response to inspections and citations.
Intellectual Property
Advice and counsel on development of new products and the development and protection of intellectual property, including establishment of best practices; defense and dispute resolution regarding trademarks, trade dress, patents and domains.
Sales and Marketing
Antitrust counseling; review of advertising and promotions; distribution and reseller agreements; advice and counsel regarding dealer protection legislation.
“Noel is a business-oriented lawyer who has deftly managed legal affairs as we have driven business growth.”
”I have worked with several Corporate Counsel over 42 years, and Noel Elfant is simply the best I have ever known at balancing legal and business necessities, and finding win-win solutions for both internal and external situations.”
”Noel is quick, smart, and action-oriented with a commercial bent. He cuts to the essence of complex matters quickly and gets people to align on the right course of action without pulling rank.”
”Noel has gravitas without ego.”
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