Concierge Outside Counsel: Compliance, Contracts, and Keeping Clients Deal-Ready
About this episode
Yuliya Flynn discusses her role as concierge legal counsel for small and mid-size companies, focusing on compliance, contracts, and employee compensation.
Yuliya Flynn is a partner at a small business law firm where she acts as concierge legal counsel for small and mid-size companies — handling the kind and breadth of work an in-house lawyer would, but for multiple clients at once. In this episode, she walks through what that role looks like day to day, from drafting employment agreements and reviewing leases to fielding emergency calls about severance. Yuliya explains how she audits new clients for compliance gaps, why she treats compliance as preventative medicine, and how those gaps can tank a purchase when it's time to sell. She also digs into the complexity of structuring employee compensation and retention plans, where equity participation sounds simple but quickly intersects with succession planning and corporate governance. Yuliya Flynn is a graduate of Kostanay State University in Kazakhstan and also earned her Master of Laws from American University with a specialization in International Business and Trade Law. This episode is hosted by Katya Valasek. Mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Juno and private student loans Learn more about Boston University School of Law Learn more about Seton Hall Learn more about…
People in this episode
Host: Katya Valasek
Guest: Yuliya Flynn
Topics covered
- concierge legal counsel
- compliance
- contracts
- employee compensation
- business law
- small business
Keywords
- concierge legal counsel
- compliance gaps
- employment agreements
- employee compensation
- business law
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Haynes Boone LLP, Juno, LawHub, American University
Places: Kazakhstan
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