Practice Areas

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Contracts That Protect Your Business and Keep It Moving

Every growing company runs on contracts, and the quality of those contracts determines how much risk you carry and how fast your business can move. JSG Legal helps clients draft, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements with the judgment of experienced enterprise counsel, tailored to fit a growing company’s pace and priorities.

Our Commercial Contracting practice provides a comprehensive suite of services, including:

• Drafting and negotiating MSAs, SaaS and subscription agreements, and vendor contracts
• Negotiating Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
• Building contract playbooks, fallback positions, and internal approval workflows
• Leading high-stakes and high-value contract negotiations
• Advising on risk allocation, liability, and indemnification provisions
• Supporting sales, procurement, and operations teams through the full contracting lifecycle

Dedicated to Keeping You a Step Ahead

JSG Legal helps clients understand and navigate the issues and risks inherent in the maintenance, protection, use, and disclosure of sensitive data. We are dedicated to keeping you a step ahead, using practical experience to guide your business through every facet of the privacy and data security challenges it may face.

We provide a comprehensive suite of services that address the myriad legal and policy challenges companies face, including:

• Complying with state, federal, and international laws, including the CCPA, CPRA, and GDPR, that govern information security, privacy, identity theft, and surveillance
• Complying with HIPAA, FTC and GLBA privacy and security requirements
• Developing privacy and information security policies
• Negotiating third-party data security agreements
• Counseling on corporate governance related to data protection
• Advising on safeguarding company records, financial information, and other valuable information assets
• Providing data privacy due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

Practical Governance for a Fast-Moving Technology

AI is moving faster than most companies’ legal and governance frameworks can keep up with. JSG Legal helps companies adopt AI tools responsibly, with governance frameworks and vendor agreements grounded in years of direct experience, not overnight expertise.

Our AI practice provides a comprehensive suite of services, including:

• Developing AI governance frameworks and internal policies
• Negotiating AI vendor and procurement contracts
• Advising on responsible and compliant AI tool adoption
• Counseling on emerging AI regulation and compliance obligations
• Supporting cross-functional AI governance initiatives

Sound Judgment for Critical Business Decisions

Growing companies face governance and transactional questions that call for experienced judgment, from board-level advisement to the due diligence that protects you in a transaction. JSG Legal provides that judgment without the cost of a large firm engagement.

Our Corporate Governance & M&A practice provides a comprehensive suite of services, including:

• Board and executive-level governance advisement
• M&A due diligence, including contract and data-risk review
• Transaction structuring and support, including acquisitions and divestitures
• Corporate policy and governance framework development

Protecting What Makes Your Business Valuable

Technology companies live or die by how well they protect their intellectual property and structure their technology agreements. JSG Legal manages IP strategy and technology transactions with a focus on what matters most for a growing company’s business.

Our IP & Technology Transactions practice provides a comprehensive suite of services, including:

• Trade secret protection strategy
• Software licensing and open-source compliance review
• Technology transfer and development agreements
• Coordination with outside IP counsel on prosecution matters
• IP due diligence for transactions and partnerships

Reducing Risk Without Slowing Down Procurement

Vendors are often a company’s biggest hidden source of legal, security, and compliance risk. JSG Legal builds vendor risk programs that scale with your business, reducing exposure without slowing procurement down.

Our Vendor Risk Management practice provides a comprehensive suite of services, including:

• Vendor risk assessment frameworks and contract templates
• Vendor due diligence and compliance program design
• Vendor management process design and optimization
• Contractual risk mitigation for third-party relationships