Afissio Law LLC
Legal implementation when remediation requires legal work.
Afissio identifies and prioritizes transaction-readiness issues. Afissio Law implements legal solutions when remediation requires legal services.
An Arizona law firm
A supporting role in the Afissio process
Some findings can be resolved through organization, documentation, operational action, or coordination with the company's existing advisors.
Others require legal work. Afissio Law is available for that legal implementation when appropriate.
Services
Areas of legal implementation
The legal work a Review finding can lead to, and what Afissio Law does in each.
Corporate records
Ratifying past corporate actions and completing the corporate record.
Governance and capitalization
Amending governing documents and correcting capitalization records.
Intellectual property
Confirming ownership of intellectual property through assignments.
Commercial agreements
Amending, replacing or terminating commercial agreements.
Employment and contractors
Remediating employment and contractor documentation.
From finding to implementation
How legal work enters the process
Afissio
The finding
The Review identifies an issue and ranks it by how likely it is to create friction during diligence.
The company
The decision
Where resolving the issue requires legal work, the company decides who performs it: its existing counsel or Afissio Law.
Afissio Law
The engagement
If the company chooses Afissio Law, the firm is engaged separately and directly, on its own terms.
Afissio Law
The implementation
Afissio Law carries out the legal work while Afissio continues the non-legal work. Each firm keeps to its own role.
Two firms, two roles
Clear separation of services
Afissio and Afissio Law LLC are separate firms, and each is engaged on its own terms.
Transaction readiness
Afissio
Afissio provides non-legal transaction-readiness services.
Legal services
Afissio Law LLC
Afissio Law LLC is an Arizona law firm that provides legal services.
Engagement
Engaged for the Review and the solutions that follow it.
Engaged separately, when remediation requires legal services.
Legal advice
Does not provide legal advice.
Provides legal advice to its own clients.
Attorney-client relationship
Engaging Afissio does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship with Afissio Law.
Frequently Asked Questions
What companies ask about Afissio Law
What is Afissio Law?
Afissio Law LLC is an Arizona law firm that provides legal services, including implementing the legal solutions that transaction-readiness work identifies.
How are Afissio and Afissio Law related?
They are affiliated but separate firms. Jerry Stephen Smith leads both firms. Each firm is engaged separately, on its own terms, and keeps to its own role. Afissio provides non-legal transaction-readiness services. Afissio Law provides legal services.
What legal work does Afissio Law perform?
Common work includes ratifying past corporate actions and completing corporate records; amending governing documents and correcting capitalization records; confirming IP ownership through assignments; amending, replacing, or terminating commercial agreements; and remediating employment and contractor documentation; financings; M&A; and strategic partnerships.
Can Afissio Law serve as our outside corporate counsel?
Yes. Beyond readiness remediation, Afissio Law can serve as ongoing outside corporate counsel or as fractional CLO for governance, financings, transactions, and commercial agreements.
If we engage Afissio, do we have to use Afissio Law?
No. Many findings need no legal work at all. Where one does, your company decides who performs it, and your existing counsel can do the work. Afissio Law can also handle a defined piece of work alongside your existing counsel.
Afissio Law is an Arizona firm. Can it work with companies in other states?
Yes. Afissio Law works with companies formed or operating outside Arizona, consistent with the licensure of its attorneys and the rules of each jurisdiction, and coordinates with local counsel where required.
When does an attorney-client relationship with Afissio Law begin?
Only after the company engages Afissio Law directly for legal services and the engagement has been confirmed in writing. Engaging Afissio, contacting Afissio Law, or using this website does not by itself create one.
Will Afissio share our Review findings with Afissio Law?
Only with your company's authorization. If you engage Afissio Law, you can direct Afissio to share relevant findings so the legal work starts from the existing record rather than starting over.
What should we send before an engagement is confirmed?
Only enough for Afissio Law to understand the matter and run a conflict check: company name, the parties involved, and a general description of the work. Please do not send confidential information until the engagement has been confirmed.
How is Afissio Law's work priced and billed?
Under its own engagement letter, separate from any Afissio engagement, and invoiced separately.
A conversation comes first
If a finding may require legal work, talk through the issue, its timing, and who should implement it.
Office
Afissio Law LLC
8825 N. 23rd Ave., Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona 85021
This page provides general information about Afissio Law LLC and is not legal advice. Contacting Afissio Law does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send confidential information until an engagement has been confirmed.
