PRACTICE
General Counsel
Overview
PierFerd’s General Counsel Team serves as dedicated outside (or embedded inside) or fractional counsel to companies that need senior legal leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Our Partners have held General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, and C-Suite roles at companies spanning healthcare, fintech, technology, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, entertainment, and consumer products. We bring that operational fluency directly to your business — advising on risk, enabling transactions, leveraging business verticals, and protecting value from day one.
We counsel startups, venture- and private equity-backed companies, and established enterprises alike. Whether you need a fractional General Counsel for a defined engagement, interim role or as a long-term legal partner embedded in your operations, we deliver the strategic judgment, commercial instinct, and execution discipline that an in-house leader provides — paired with the depth of a full-service law firm behind us.
Experience
Capabilities
Our General Counsel Team advises across the following core areas:
Commercial Transactions — M&A, venture financings, leveraged financings, strategic investments, asset acquisitions, and cross-border deals
Corporate Governance — Board advisory, formation and structuring, equity incentive plans, officer and director obligations, and shareholder matters
Contracts and Commercial Agreements — Drafting, negotiating, and managing supply agreements, licensing, SaaS arrangements, distribution, and vendor contracts
Intellectual Property — Patent strategy, trademark and copyright protection, IP portfolio management, technology licensing, and commercialization
Litigation Oversight — Managing and coordinating outside litigation counsel, assessing exposure, setting defense strategy, and resolving disputes efficiently
Regulatory Compliance — Data privacy, employment law, healthcare regulation, financial regulatory, and industry-specific frameworks
Risk Management — Proactive identification and mitigation of legal, operational, and reputational risk across business functions
Industries Served
Our Partners have served as General Counsel or senior in-house leaders in, among other sectors:
Technology and SaaS
Healthcare, life sciences, and digital health
Financial services and fintech
Real estate and construction
Consumer products and e-commerce
Entertainment and media
Manufacturing and energy
Experience
PierFerd’s General Counsel Partners collectively bring decades of C-Suite and in-house leadership experience — including service at global financial institutions, SEC- and FCA-regulated entities, venture-backed companies achieving 100%+ annual revenue growth, publicly traded enterprises, and private equity portfolio companies. Several Partners have founded or operated companies themselves, giving our Team a rare combination of legal precision and operational credibility.
When you engage us, you gain a Partner-level attorney who understands your industry, integrates into your leadership team, and delivers counsel that is practical, timely, and aligned with your commercial objectives. We do not simply identify risk — we help you navigate it, structure around it, and move forward.
Our approach is grounded in PierFerd’s core values: service, integrity, and accountability. We treat your business as our own, and we earn your trust through results.