Through Leam Nelson LLC, I serve as outside general counsel to operating companies: officer-level counsel, embedded in your business on an ongoing basis rather than billing by the hour. And because I build and run companies myself, you get a commercial partner who happens to hold the pen, not just a lawyer.
Board and corporate secretary support, entity management, governance frameworks, securities and compliance.
Customer, supplier, licensing, and services agreements: drafted, negotiated, and standardized into templates your team can run.
Acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and restructurings, from term sheet through integration. $15B+ executed across a 20-year career.
Managing outside counsel, controlling legal spend, and building the processes a growing company needs before its first full-time legal hire.
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of HydroFleet, Inc., the hydrogen production and fueling company, where I lead commercial strategy, partnerships, and corporate development. General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer of one of the largest home textile suppliers in the U.S. Outside general counsel to a leading hospitality-analytics SaaS platform. Past officer roles include General Counsel & Corporate Secretary positions at public and private companies, including the consortium that delivered the LaGuardia Terminal B redevelopment.
A monthly engagement scoped to your business: a fixed cadence, direct access, and counsel who learns your company once and stays. No hourly meters, no re-explaining your business to a new associate. The advice comes from someone who negotiates deals as a principal, not only as counsel: the commercial outcome first, drafted to get you there. Admitted in New York and Australia.
I take on a limited number of engagements at a time.
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