LEXGATEWAY Resources
Prepare the legal matter before you engage counsel.
Practical business-side frameworks for defining legal needs, organizing evidence and making counsel coordination more efficient. These resources are general information and do not provide legal advice.
Counsel Selection
How to Select Legal Counsel for a Business Matter
A practical framework for matching a legal matter to the right jurisdiction, practice capability, professional authorization and engagement structure.
Read guideTransactions
Legal Due Diligence: What to Organize Before a Transaction
A business-oriented checklist for preparing corporate, contract, employment, IP, regulatory and dispute information before legal diligence.
Read guideCorporate
Corporate Governance Records: What Growing Companies Should Keep Organized
A framework for maintaining entity, ownership, authority, board, shareholder and key corporate records for business continuity and transactions.
Read guideCommercial Contracts
Commercial Contract Review: A Business Framework Before Legal Review
How business teams can organize commercial, operational and risk requirements before asking counsel to draft or review an agreement.
Read guideMatter Management
Coordinating a Legal Matter Across Multiple Firms or Jurisdictions
A matter-management framework for scope, lead counsel, local counsel, workstreams, decisions, documents and cost control.
Read guideIntellectual Property
Preparing an Intellectual Property Portfolio for Legal Review
A practical inventory framework for trademarks, copyrights, domains, licenses, inventions and ownership evidence before engaging IP counsel.
Read guideSpecialized: Cross-Border Legal Readiness Map
For matters spanning more than one jurisdiction, use the readiness tool to classify open legal workstreams before scope is requested.
Open readiness map