--- title: Our Service --- [Skip to content](https://meridienlaw.com/services#main-content) [![Transparent](https://meridienlaw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Transparent.png?width=1000&height=259&name=Transparent.png)](https://meridienlaw.com?hsLang=en) - [Services](https://meridienlaw.com/services) - [About us](https://meridienlaw.com/aboutus) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Services](https://meridienlaw.com/services) - [About us](https://meridienlaw.com/aboutus) - [Contact us](https://meridienlaw.com/contactus) [Contact us](https://meridienlaw.com/contactus?hsLang=en) #### SERVICES **Startups and Entrepreneurs ** **Contract Drafting & Review** **Fractional Legal Counsel **  **Commercial Real Estate ** **Pre-Litigation ** **Commercial and IP Litigation ** **Legal Research and Opinions ** **Investigative Services ** **Expat Services** #### **STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS** Helping you to establish and grow companies and nonprofits in the U.S., Canada, and throughout Asia. **Business Planning** Provide legal input on business planning - Strategic and operational plans, with review of legal impact of deals and exit analysis - Marketing plans, compliant with advertising and marketing laws - Financial plans and pro forma statements, consistent with appropriate financing laws and investor disclosures - Employee handbook, including fair policies and processes for code of conduct, conflict of interest, and internal dispute resolution **Corporate and Nonprofit Formation** Form Corporate and Nonprofit Entities - Entity structures (association, proprietorship, partnership, LLC, L3C, C- and S-corporations, benefit corporation, 501(c) nonprofit, professional corporation, and foreign limited company), in addition to consequences of entity locations and choice of law - Business registrations, US IRS-issued federal IDs (EIN), Canada CRA-issued IDs (BN), state tax IDs, nonprofit sales tax exemptions, and foreign country tax numbers **Compliance and Risk Management** Ensure compliance and mitigate risk - Licenses, permits, and federal, state, and foreign compliance, including Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI). and FATCA reporting - Registered agent services setup - Business bank account setup - Business general and liability insurance setup - Risk management plans and practices **Intellectual Property Protections** Protect intellectual property - Business name and logo protections - Provisional filings, Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, Trade Secrets - IP assignments, licensing, and enforcement **Founders and Funding Agreements** Draft startup documents - Governance documents: articles of incorporation / organization, bylaw/ operating agreements, partnership agreements, founders agreements, advisor agreements - Funding and financial agreements: angel and venture capital investment agreements, securities regulations, shareholder and equity agreements, debt financing agreements, promissory notes, purchase and buy/sell agreements #### **CONTRACT DRAFTING & REVIEW** Ensuring promises are kept so you can build a foundation and focus on your business **Draft and review agreements** - Operating documents: employee and independent contractor agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), non-compete and non-solicitation agreements - Vendor agreements: service agreements, event and venue (e.g. hotel) contracts - Customer and service agreements: terms of service, privacy policy, and data privacy and breach notices - Deal MOUs and purchase agreements: terms sheet, MOUs, purchase and asset agreements **Draft and review communications** - Review and propose legal-appropriate communications, including language for emails, letters, memos, social media posts, websites, and press releases - Provide guidance on advertising and disclosure requirements, including FTC or other regulatory body compliance   #### **FRACTIONAL LEGAL COUNSEL** - **Advisement.**  Provide ad-hoc legal consulting - **Representation. ** Act as retained general counsel, representative, or agent to advocate for company on legal matters and deals - **Negotiation.  **Negotiate or facilitate agreements with prospective partners or vendors - **Dispute resolution.**  Mediate disputes #### **COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE** - Draft and review commercial real estate leases - Assist in all commercial real estate transactions, especially related to **construction, acquisition, development, disposition, financing, leasing, asset management, and eviction** #### **PRE-LITIGATION** - **Demand letters.**  Draft and issue demand letters for prospective civil and commercial suits, including for breach of contract, breach of loan agreement, and breach of sales agreement - **Settlement. ** Provide pre-litigation and settlement services - **Mediation. ** Provide mediation, either for your company or as a third party - **Facilitation.**  Provide facilitation - **Case management. **  Assist in gathering and organizing files in preparation for settlement or litigation #### **COMMERCIAL AND IP LITIGATION** - **Draft court documents. ** Notices, Pleadings, Complaints and Answers, Petitions and Responses, Motions, Briefs - **Discovery.  **Conduct and coordinate discovery - **Alternative dispute resolution.**  Coordinate arbitration, mediation - **Criminal case referral. ** Litigate civil matters and work with law enforcement on related criminal charges #### **LEGAL RESEARCH AND OPINIONS** - **Legal memos. ** Conduct legal research - **Legal opinions. ** Issue legal opinions - **Law review articles.**  Draft initial legal articles and provide annotated research - **Conference presentation support.**  Draft initial papers and presentations to be used at meetings and conferences #### **INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES** - **Background checks. ** Conduct background checks - **Private investigation.  **Investigate individuals and companies - **Service of process.  **Coordinate serving individuals and companies with legal complaints and other communications and documents #### **EXPAT SERVICES** Assist with **long-term visas, foreign bank accounts, cross-border compliance, tax and reporting, foreign work** (working in a foreign country), **property ownership, and translation services** #### **STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS** Helping you to establish and grow companies and nonprofits in the U.S., Canada, and throughout Asia. **Business Planning** Provide legal input on business planning - Strategic and operational plans, with review of legal impact of deals and exit analysis - Marketing plans, compliant with advertising and marketing laws - Financial plans and pro forma statements, consistent with appropriate financing laws and investor disclosures - Employee handbook, including fair policies and processes for code of conduct, conflict of interest, and internal dispute resolution **Corporate and Nonprofit Formation** Form Corporate and Nonprofit Entities - Entity structures (association, proprietorship, partnership, LLC, L3C, C- and S-corporations, benefit corporation, 501(c) nonprofit, professional corporation, and foreign limited company), in addition to consequences of entity locations and choice of law - Business registrations, US IRS-issued federal IDs (EIN), Canada CRA-issued IDs (BN), state tax IDs, nonprofit sales tax exemptions, and foreign country tax numbers **Compliance and Risk Management** Ensure compliance and mitigate risk - Licenses, permits, and federal, state, and foreign compliance, including Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI). and FATCA reporting - Registered agent services setup - Business bank account setup - Business general and liability insurance setup - Risk management plans and practices **Intellectual Property Protections** Protect intellectual property - Business name and logo protections - Provisional filings, Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, Trade Secrets - IP assignments, licensing, and enforcement **Founders and Funding Agreements** Draft startup documents - Governance documents: articles of incorporation / organization, bylaw/ operating agreements, partnership agreements, founders agreements, advisor agreements - Funding and financial agreements: angel and venture capital investment agreements, securities regulations, shareholder and equity agreements, debt financing agreements, promissory notes, purchase and buy/sell agreements #### **CONTRACT DRAFTING & REVIEW** Ensuring promises are kept so you can build a foundation and focus on your business **Draft and review agreements** - Operating documents: employee and independent contractor agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), non-compete and non-solicitation agreements - Vendor agreements: service agreements, event and venue (e.g. hotel) contracts - Customer and service agreements: terms of service, privacy policy, and data privacy and breach notices - Deal MOUs and purchase agreements: terms sheet, MOUs, purchase and asset agreements **Draft and review communications** - Review and propose legal-appropriate communications, including language for emails, letters, memos, social media posts, websites, and press releases - Provide guidance on advertising and disclosure requirements, including FTC or other regulatory body compliance #### **FRACTIONAL LEGAL COUNSEL** - **Advisement.**  Provide ad-hoc legal consulting - **Representation.**  Act as retained general counsel, representative, or agent to advocate for company on legal matters and deals - **Negotiation.  **Negotiate or facilitate agreements with prospective partners or vendors - **Dispute resolution.**  Mediate disputes #### **COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE** - Draft and review commercial real estate leases - Assist in all commercial real estate transactions, especially related to **construction, acquisition, development, disposition, financing, leasing, asset management, and eviction** #### **PRE-LITIGATION** - **Demand letters.**  Draft and issue demand letters for prospective civil and commercial suits, including for breach of contract, breach of loan agreement, and breach of sales agreement - **Settlement.**  Provide pre-litigation and settlement services - **Mediation.**  Provide mediation, either for your company or as a third party - **Facilitation.**  Provide facilitation - **Case management.**   Assist in gathering and organizing files in preparation for settlement or litigation #### **COMMERCIAL AND IP LITIGATION** - **Draft court documents.**  Notices, Pleadings, Complaints and Answers, Petitions and Responses, Motions, Briefs - **Discovery. ** Conduct and coordinate discovery - **Alternative dispute resolution.**  Coordinate arbitration, mediation - **Criminal case referral.**  Litigate civil matters and work with law enforcement on related criminal charges #### **LEGAL RESEARCH AND OPINIONS** - **Legal memos.**  Conduct legal research - **Legal opinions.**  Issue legal opinions - **Law review articles.**  Draft initial legal articles and provide annotated research - **Conference presentation support.**  Draft initial papers and presentations to be used at meetings and conferences #### **INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES** - **Background checks.**  Conduct background checks - **Private investigation.  **Investigate individuals and companies - **Service of process.  **Coordinate serving individuals and companies with legal complaints and other communications and documents #### **EXPAT SERVICES** Assist with **long-term visas, foreign bank accounts, cross-border compliance, tax and reporting, foreign work** (working in a foreign country), **property ownership, and translation services** [![ML](https://meridienlaw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ML.png?width=200&height=41&name=ML.png "ML")](https://meridienlaw.com/?hsLang=en) [envelope icon](mailto:support@meridienlaw.com) [linkedin-in icon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/meridienlaw) Copyright © 2026 meridienlaw