What Does a Professional Corporate Attorney Actually Do?
Contradictory to popular belief, most professional corporate attorneys rarely step foot in courtrooms. Instead, most of the job they do is considered " transaction " in character. That means they spend most of their time assisting a corporation to avoid litigation. More specifically, the professional corporate attorney may spend their time on: Agreements: Reviewing, drafting, and assigning legally necessary agreements on behalf of the corporation, which could include everything from lease agreements to multi-billion money benefits. Mergers and acquisitions: Managing due attention, negotiating, drafting, and generally overseeing "deals" that include a corporation "merging" with another company or "acquiring" another company. Corporate governance: Supporting clients create the framework for how a firm is directed and managed, such as by drafting articles of association, creating bylaws, advising corporate directors and officers on their rights and