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Providing Everything Legal

At ETopel General Counsel Services, we support all your commercial and contracts needs.

Let us assist your organization in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide array of commercial and vendor contracts, including: • SaaS, On-Premise, Data as a Service, and Trademark License Agreements • Partnership, Reseller, and Distributor Agreements • Data Processing, Business Associate, and Non-Disclosure Agreements • Employment and Consulting Agreements • Statements of Work • Vendor Agreements • Playbooks

We can manage your Contract Lifecyle Management (CLM), including tool selection, implementation, oversight, and management.

We draft and interpret Sales Incentive Programs working cross-functionally with Sales, RevOps, Finance, and HR.

We have extensive experience partnering with commercial teams to formulate and implement effective GTM strategies to foster sustainable growth.

ETopel General Counsel Services has extensive experience supporting companies in a wide array of corporate matters and promoting their growth through various stages of maturity.

Overseeing Corporate Governance initiatives, including: • Entity Formation • Preparing and Amending Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and Memos of Association • Preparing Board of Director Decks, Consents, and Meeting Minutes

IPO Preparedness, including: • Drafting S-1 • Law Firm and Underwriters Selection • Data Room Management • Preparing Public Company Charters and Policies (Section 16, 10b5-1, Insider Trading, Related Party Transactions, Whistleblower) • Liaising with Transfer Agent • Supporting ESG Initiatives and Reporting

Mergers & Acquisitions, including: • Preparing and Negotiating LOI's, Disclosure Schedules, and Closing Documents • Overseeing cross-functional due diligence • Data Room Management • Overseeing Post-Merger Integration

Compliance matters, including preparing Policies and Trainings to ensure compliance with applicable anticompetition, antibribery and export control laws.

Public Company Activities, including supporting drafting of 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and proxy statements and applicable SEC regulatory forms (e.g., Forms 144, 3, 4, 5).

Insurance related matters, including: • Overseeing Insurance Broker Selection • Advising as to types and levels of coverages

Equity & Cap Table Administration, including: • Drafting and Amending Stock Incentive Plans and Employee Stock Purchase Programs • Managing Equity Management Tool (e.g., Carta, Shareworks) • Liaising with Tax to ensure Global Compliance • Preparing Consents for Equity Award Grants • Facilitating Secondary Sales and Tender Offers • Financing Rounds Due Diligence and Closings

Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, including: • Auditing IP Portfolio • Drafting Confidential Information and Inventions Assignment Agreements • Developing IP Strategy and Procedures, including IP Capture Program

ETopel General Counsel Services brings years of experience litigating and partnering with an organization's leadership to foster a positive and high performing work environment.

Litigation Strategy and Management Services, including: • Contract, Employment, Bankruptcy & Patent Litigations • Litigation Holds • Drafting and Reviewing Position Statements and Pleadings • Managing Discovery and E-Discovery • Dispute Resolution and Mediation • Managing External Counsel

Partnering with Talent Acquisition, Business Partners, People Operations, and Compensation/Benefits teams in various functions, including: • Auditing existing employment practices to ensure compliance • Drafting applicable policies, such as Codes of Conduct, Employee Handbooks, Anti-Harassment, Antibribery, and Anticorruption • FMLA and ADA compliance • Drafting template Offer Letters, Employment Agreements, and Separation Agreements

Training Employees

Conducting Workplace Investigations

Supporting International Expansion and Immigration

Performance Management

Advising on employee disputes and individual or group separations

At ETopel General Counsel Services, we are well versed in helping companies ensure data security.

Applicable Data Privacy Law Compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)

Data Protection & Retention

Hardware and License Assets Management

Privacy Policies Development

ISO 27001 and SOC2 Audits Oversight

EU AI Act Compliance

Information Security Assessments

Security Questionnaires

Business Continuity and Crisis Management Planning