Summary: Growth-stage companies can use legal design thinking to turn contracts into working tools that support sales, hiring, and partnerships. When contract terms align with day-to-day workflows, teams execute faster and leadership gets better data for strategic decisions. Thoughtful contract structure, clear language, and consistent risk allocation improve enforceability in disputes and signal readiness for Read More
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Six Tips for Effective Due Diligence
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll created a topsy-turvy world peppered with riddles and puns. That world may feel familiar to anyone who has gone through the due diligence process, where opportunities for misunderstandings are rife. The goal, however, of due diligence is to demystify and clarify, which can best happen when the parties rely on process, structure and well-articulated expectations Read More
The Ghost of Transactions Past: How Successor Liability Can Haunt the Present and Future of Your Business
Running the numbers, modeling markets and demand, and planning growth and profitability are common exercises for any acquisition. But in the excited rush around making the next big purchase, businesses sometimes neglect the trail of sticky and costly problems that can tag along with a deal, frequently expressed in the form of successor liability. Understanding how liabilities can follow an asset through the door–or Read More
