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This article provides a quick summary of key points.
- Corporate legal counsel work is very diverse:Contracts, labor relations, payments to suppliers, shareholders, intellectual property, trade secrets, and litigation may all be covered.
- Legal counsel focuses on prevention:Don't wait until litigation occurs before taking remedial action.
- Company consultants need to understand business processes:Transactions, payments, delivery, acceptance, and negotiations can all influence legal advice.
- Long-term cooperation can improve processing efficiency:Once lawyers are familiar with the company's background, they can assess risks more quickly.
What is a corporate legal advisor? The main 10 tasks of a company’s legal advisor.
1. Assist enterprises in handling various disputes
(1) Types of disputes, including sales contract disputes, labor and personnel disputes, leasing disputes, intellectual property rights disputes, share transfer disputes, etc.
(2) As a representative of the enterprise, resolve the above disputes amicably through consultation and negotiation; if the negotiation fails, issue a lawyer's letter at the request of the enterprise; provide litigation or arbitration for the enterprise; when necessary, participate in litigation or arbitration as the litigation agent of the enterprise arbitration.
(3) Assist enterprises to analyze and find the reasons for the above-mentioned disputes to remedy the situation and take preventive measures so that such disputes will be less likely to occur or not occur in the future.
2. Assist enterprises to improve various rules and regulations
(1) In terms of business systems, we mainly provide legal opinions and prevention methods on the legality and risks of business methods, and promptly modify provisions that are not in compliance with laws and regulations such as Company Law, Civil Law, and Labor Standards Law, so as to pursue law-abiding business operations.
(2) In terms of management systems, we mainly provide legal advice on the legality of internal management systems such as labor and personnel, so that they do not violate relevant laws and regulations such as the Labor Standards Act, in order to pursue the goal of legal management of enterprises.
3. Strengthen enterprise contract management
(1) Draft, review, and modify existing contracts, make contract templates by category, and standardize legal risks in the contract signing process. It mainly focuses on raw material procurement, sales and franchise sales, transportation, warehousing, leasing, patented and proprietary technologies, trade secret confidentiality rules, labor and employment, etc.
(2) Draft and formulate rules for the performance of contracts, and combine the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law and relevant laws and judicial interpretations on civil litigation to formulate standards for employees to perform contracts, improve performance procedures, preserve evidence, and prevent the risk of losing the case due to lack of evidence.
(3) Develop a contract management system to formulate specific measures for contract signing, performance, custody, archiving, etc.
(4) Review the contract being issued and take timely remedial measures if there are any loopholes.
4. Provide intellectual property rights services to enterprises, corporate legal advisors, and corporate legal advisors.
Intellectual property rights are one of the focuses of our services. Specifically, it includes copyright protection, patent protection, trademark protection, non-patented technology protection, trade secret protection and anti-unfair competition, etc. Through our work, enterprises will not violate copyright law, patent law, integrated circuit layout protection law and other relevant laws and regulations in the process of product development, product sales, technical services, technology transfer, etc. There are no legal barriers.
5. Clearing the creditor’s rights and debts of the enterprise
(1) Collect debts and prioritize according to the expiration of the statute of limitations as stipulated by law; draft and issue lawyer's letters to assist companies in collecting debts and interrupting the statute of limitations.
(2) Clean up the company’s external debts and take defensive measures.
(3) Formulate litigation plans and pre-litigation evidence preservation measures.
6. Assist enterprises to deal with legal issues related to transportation and finance.
(1) Legal documents required for the storage and transportation of raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished products, as well as legal issues involved in the transportation process such as cargo insurance, product quality disputes, product damage compensation, and acceptance standards for delivered goods.
(2) Examine the legal documents involved in the enterprise's financing, financing, guarantee, and mortgage activities from other enterprises or financial institutions.
7. Assist enterprises to deal with legal issues related to administration
(1) Formulation of enterprise articles of association and administrative contract management measures (including procedures for drafting, review, signing, and implementation).
(2) Enterprises involved in business site leasing or own property management communicate with real estate, fire protection and other departments, and handle relevant legal affairs and legal documents.
(3) Assist in handling special legal matters involving enterprises and departments such as industry and commerce, taxation, customs, copyright office, and patent office.
(4) Manage and provide legal advice on corporate seals, business licenses, tax registration certificates, letters of introduction, etc.
(5) Apply for the certificate on behalf of the agent.
8. Provide legal services for corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, etc.
9. Provide legal affairs training for corporate employees
Conduct training for relevant business personnel by category and topic to improve employees' legal awareness, contract awareness, and evidence awareness. The main aspects include contract law, evidence law, intellectual property law, product quality law, consumer rights protection law, labor law, etc.
10. Represent enterprises in civil, economic, and administrative litigation or arbitration, and apply for administrative review on behalf of enterprises.
In terms of the scope of corporate legal advisors, corporate legal advisors include: corporate legal advisors for financial institutions, Internet corporate legal advisors, corporate legal advisors for schools and training institutions, corporate legal advisors for hotel chains, corporate legal advisors for the catering industry, and corporate legal advisors for the processing service industry. , legal consultant for logistics companies, etc.
Fuda Law FirmSpecializing in the field of legal counsel, the team's lawyer members all have rich practical experience and long-term experience in serving listed companies and small and medium-sized enterprises, and can provide assistance. If you have any needs, you can contact our firm at any time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the main responsibilities of a corporate legal counsel?
Common areas of expertise include legal consultation, contract review, labor disputes, accounts receivable collection, corporate governance, intellectual property, trade secrets, litigation risks, and legal compliance.
Is a corporate legal counsel necessary?
If a company frequently signs contracts, has employees, suppliers, customers, or engages in cross-border transactions, legal counsel can help reduce daily operational risks.
Will a legal advisor assist a company in litigation?
The scope of the engagement may be determined accordingly. Some advisory proposals only include consultation and contract review, with litigation to be handled separately; this should be confirmed in advance.