Corporate Governance
Snapshot
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- Entity formation and structure
- Operating, shareholder and partnership agreements
- Buy-sell agreements and transfer restrictions
- Board and manager advisory
- Fiduciary duty and conflict-of-interest matters
- Outsourced general counsel
- Restructurings and reorganizations
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- Privately held and middle-market companies
- Founders and owner groups
- Family-owned businesses
- Private equity portfolio companies
- Energy and energy-related businesses
- Professional services and distribution companies
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- Governance documents drafted for the day something goes wrong
- Outsourced general counsel from partners who have led GC groups
- Records built to stand up to buyer and investor scrutiny
- Practical advice for owner-managed businesses
Make decisions faster, and keep the fight off the calendar.
How do we help owners and boards make decisions that hold up?
Most business disputes begin as governance failures: an operating agreement that never anticipated a deadlock, a buy-sell clause nobody funded, or a key decision made without proper approvals. Feighny Hartle drafts governance frameworks and advises boards with those exact friction points in mind. The result is clear authority, faster decisions, and fewer disputes.
Structure That Matches How You Actually Operate
- Tailored Corporate Architecture: Choice of entity, operating agreements, bylaws, and shareholder agreements built around your operational reality—not boilerplate templates.
- Capital & Voting Alignment: Designing clear voting mechanics, consent thresholds, and management structures that scale as new investors join.
- Restructurings & Reorganizations: Streamlining multi-entity corporate structures for tax, operational, or growth efficiency.
Agree on the Hard Questions While Everyone Still Agrees
- What happens when an owner leaves, dies, divorces, or digs in? The time to answer is before it happens.
- Buy-Sell & Exit Mechanics: Structuring clear valuation formulas, funding mechanisms, and transfer restrictions.
- Minority & Majority Protections: Negotiating drag-along, tag-along, and information rights that protect both founders and investors.
- Deadlock Resolution: Building concrete resolution paths so partner disagreements don’t paralyze business operations.
Board Advisory & Fiduciary Counsel
- Fiduciary Guidance: Practical counsel on duties of care and loyalty, business judgment rule application, and conflict-of-interest management.
- Special Committees: Independent counsel for special board committees handling strategic alternatives or interested-party transactions.
- Deal-Ready Records: Board minutes, consents, and corporate records built to withstand scrutiny from buyers, institutional investors, or opposing counsel.
Agile Counsel Before You Need a Full-Time GC
Growing companies often need strategic legal counsel long before they can justify a full-time in-house hire. FH partners deliver ongoing corporate governance, commercial contract, and transactional support—scaled to match your company’s growth rate.
“Read your operating agreement this week. If you can’t tell what happens when two owners disagree, that’s the clause to fix first.”
