Outside Counsel Services

The Chamberlain Law Firm provides transactional and advisory legal services to businesses across New Jersey and the tri‑state area. We help companies navigate complex commercial, employment, compliance, intellectual property, and corporate governance matters with practical, business‑first counsel. Our attorneys combine deep experience in business law and litigation prevention with a focus on cost‑effective solutions that protect your company’s interests and reduce legal risk. Combine deep experience in business law and litigation prevention with a focus on cost‑effective solutions that protect your company’s interests and reduce legal risk.

Clients rely on our firm as outsourced general counsel for responsive, thorough representation tailored to startups, small businesses, and established companies. Many businesses look to us as “in-house” counsel. Working with our firm offers a cost benefit to startups and small and mid-size businesses that are unable to bring on their own full-time general counsel but need regular legal counsel. We deliver scalable outside general counsel and advisory services, contract drafting and reviews, compliance and employment guidance, regulatory counseling, ongoing risk management, and business litigation, so small businesses and growing companies in New Jersey and the tri‑state area get the counsel they need without the overhead of a full‑time hire. Typical retainer and project work includes: contract negotiation, policy drafting, corporate governance support, and strategic advice for funding, partnerships, and operations. Our practice is tailored to startup founders, service companies, and mid‑market businesses seeking experienced counsel and practical solutions.

Client Industries

Business Contracts & Transactions

We provide comprehensive legal support for businesses at every stage of the business lifecycle, including starting a business, raising funds, forming strategic partnerships, hiring personnel, selling a business, or winding down operations. Our services include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of business agreements, such as sales agreements and purchase orders, invoice terms and conditions, customer and service agreements, strategic partnership agreements, joint venture and collaboration agreements, distribution and manufacturing agreements, franchise agreements, asset and stock sale agreements, mergers and acquisitions, website terms and conditions and privacy policies, as well as non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements.

Corporate Formation & Governance

It is important to structure your business entity from the start to support growth down the road. We provide guidance on selecting the right business structure, whether a C-corp, S-corp, LLC, PLLC, or partnership, and advise on organizing ownership and management. We assist with forming the legal entity and preparing the initial organizational and internal documents, including bylaws, shareholders’ agreements, operating agreements, partnership agreements, and restricted equity or share agreements.

Commercial Real Estate

Our attorneys provide comprehensive legal services for commercial real estate transactions in New York and New Jersey. We draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including commercial leases, sublease agreements, assignment of lease agreements, early termination or buy-out agreements, and personal or good‑guy guaranties. We work closely with landlords, tenants, and investors to ensure that all agreements protect your interests, minimize risk, and comply with applicable state and local laws.

Intellectual Property

We provide comprehensive services for the clearance, registration, protection, and enforcement of intellectual property. This includes conducting trademark clearance searches, preparing and filing trademark applications, handling trademark maintenance filings, submitting copyright applications, drafting and managing intellectual property licenses and assignments, and resolving trademark infringement issues before they escalate to litigation.

Employment/Labor Law

We counsel businesses on worker classification, including distinguishing contractors from employees and exempting non-exempt workers, and advise on recruiting, hiring, disciplinary, and termination policies. We ensure compliance with state and federal laws regarding paid and unpaid time off, health insurance and other benefits, and sexual harassment and anti-discrimination regulations. Additionally, we prepare a full range of employment-related documents, such as employment agreements, employee handbooks and manuals, policies and procedures, independent contractor agreements, work-for-hire agreements, severance agreements, and non-disclosure, confidentiality, and non-compete agreements.

Entertainment Law

We counsel a wide range of clients in the advertising, communications, public relations, and marketing sectors, as well as modeling agencies, artists, and entertainers involved in music, film, radio broadcasting, and television, including songwriters, producers, and actors and actresses. Our services include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements such as producer agreements, 360 deals, publishing agreements, management agreements, distribution agreements, touring agreements, composer agreements, literary option and purchase agreements, reality television talent agreements, life rights agreements, modeling agreements, and art gallery or management agreements.

Business Litigation

Our business litigation practice represents companies in legal disputes, guiding them through lawsuits, arbitration, and mediation to resolve conflicts efficiently. We specialize in complex commercial matters, including breach of contract, partnership disputes, and corporate fraud, and handle all aspects of a case from document review and expert witness preparation to depositions, trials, and appeals. While prepared to litigate, we also focus on negotiating settlements to achieve favorable outcomes, helping businesses protect their interests, minimize risk, and reduce operational disruption.