Each digital technology business needs to use legal services. Good legal counsel can add value to your business. Even companies that have in-house counsel need the services of outside law firms from time to time.
Digital business exists at the intersection of technology, law, and markets.
How should you select counsel to best serve your business? In the final analysis, you are looking for more than just a person to carry out tasks. Your lawyer, like your accounts, should be a trusted partner and should be someone that you can rely upon.
The important criteria are apparent: knowledge, skills, and experience. You want counsel that has experienced the challenges your business will face, that follows digital technology law issues, and understands your business and your technologies.
Your counsel should have knowledge of IP law as well as the other legal and financial issues that affect your technology business. Your lawyer should speak your language and provide practical guidance and solutions.