Vandalia Law PLLC

Virtual General Counsel

Vandalia is serves its clients in a variety of ways to best advance the client’s needs and interests whether through traditional representation or through virtual services as a member of the client management team. We can work far beyond traditional legal counsel and provide decades of experience and guidance to companies from the vantage of “Virtual General Counsel.”

With decades of Big Law and Big Accounting experience, Vandalia is familiar with the risks, concerns and types of decisions our clients face on a daily basis. Our goal is to be a partner to make their lives easier.

Virtual General Counsel is about flexibility and expertise. Whatever format- on-site guidance, weekly conference calls, or some other arrangement, we are flexible.

Engaging Vandalia as a virtual general counsel can provide accessible guidance and leadership on business solutions and strategies from an experienced in-house counsel perspective, at a rate much lower than national firms, give the experience of former U.S. attorney, assist with contract reviews, including nondisclosure agreements and commercial contracts, manage “problems” with the federal, state or local government, help manage risk operational risk, guide clients to achieve objectives, serve as an extension of the client’s team, and manage outside counsel.

Legal Surrogate Contract Services

Vandalia is perfectly situated to "ghost" transactions on behalf of law firms as if it were a member of your law firm.  Your client will work with us as if we worked for you. Our attorneys know the "art of the deal" and have completed hundreds of transactions over the course of decades.  

Vandalia can serve as an extension of your law firm, work as a part of your deal team, interact with your clients, paper the deal, and close the matter all without you needing to hire additional attorneys.  

The benefit to you? Tremendous cost savings with exceptional results.

Local Counsel Matters

Vandalia has served as local West Virginia counsel on national and international transactions.  We can provide critical state and local guidance, coordinate local matters, make necessary filings, and issue legal opinions on the enforceability and binding effect of any matter.

Select Litigation Services

Vandialia is perfectly positioned to engage in select litigation services.  On a case by case basis, we will evaluate your matter to determine whether we can effectively represent your interests whether it be a personal injury, government claim, federal criminal matter, or other litigation service.  With a former United States Attorney, Vandalia can achieve results based on actual experience.  Let us evaluate your matter.

Criminal and Civil Defense & Internal Investigations

Our goal is to keep you out of the courtroom but, if you end up in a court proceeding, Vandalia is perfectly situated to partner you through the uncertainties. 

Vandalia has what many firms in West Virginia lack- a former United States Attorney with a historic record of prosecution complex matters including prosecuting multiple members of the West Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals.  

There has never been a more litigious punitive environment in the history of the nation. Compliance failures and reguilatory violations can place any business at massive financial risk.  Harassment claims, abuse of exeucitves or board members, fraud claims- the mere rumor can place any company in an irreversible tail spin.  You need the facts to make the right decisions.  Strategy is everything.

Investigations- government, corporate, and organizational- require an expert.  The consequences of an improper investigation are substantial.  It has to be done right with consideration of privilege and other critical considerations.

In addition to investigations, executives, management and board members have never been more at risk.  When you face the threat of an actual or implied criminal or civil matter, you need effective counsel that can get you the answers and provide you the guidance to manage the turmoil.  Vandalia has the experience to manage you through the fire.

Private Placements, Blue Sky, and Securities

Vandalia represents businesses in all aspects of capital raising including Regulation D Rule 506 offerings, securities law compliance including all related Blue Sky matters, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance.

We assist clients raising capital privately in private offerings of securities as well as negotiated transactions such as “angel” investments and venture capital investments.

Our representative experience includes the largest private placement in the history of West Virginia- 487 investors representing 27 states. 

Mediation & Dispute Resolution

Vandalia Law PLLC understands that going to court may not be the best course. The right resolution is the resolution that best solves the problem in the interests of our client.

Our arbitration services provide everything from counseling and negotiation to representation at mediations and arbitrations. We know disputes evolve through the natural course of doing business and occur no matter how hard a company may try to avoid them.

We serve as mediators in a variety of disputes. The right mediator can resolve dispute for the benefit of all the parties involved in a challenging matter.

Mergers & Acquisition

Vandalia is prepared to handle mergers and acquisitions of virtually all types and sizes. We have represented both acquiring and acquired corporations and other types of businesses in large transactions, as well as small. We have represented public, private and nonprofit businesses in acquisitions and divestiture transactions, stock transactions, asset transactions, and letters of intent. Our professionals have represented domestic as well as foreign entities.

No two transactions are alike. We can also assist our clients in negotiating and drafting letters of intent. We are experienced in assisting clients, particularly out of state and foreign clients, in the due diligence process for businesses in the region.

The firm has often served as local counsel for corporations headquartered nationally and internationally. In this role, we can serve as a part of a team headed by the out of state or foreign general counsel, providing counsel as needed on matters of state or local law, such as state environmental regulation, state tax, local zoning requirements and state economic development incentives.

Election and Political Law

In the current enforcement environment, corporations, major political donors, lobbyists, and PACs face unprecedented scrutiny of their compliance with campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, and government ethics laws.

Vandalia’s Election and Political Law Practice is prepared to use its experience- federal and state- to assist you to ensure compliance with he hurdles potentially facing your engagement.

Entrepreneurs & Growing Companies

Entrepreneurs and growing companies face unique challenges.  Typically, the hurdles facing entrepreneurs and growing companies are different challenges than those faced by long-established companies.

Vandalia is uniquely situated to represent entrepreneurs and growing companies. Whether the challenge is formations, partnerships, product development, leasing and real property needs, capital for growth and investment and operations, personnel, or wrap-up of existing operations, Vandalia understands your issues and can help you manage the turbulence to better assure long-term success. 

Energy & Natural Resources

Vandalia’s energy practice provides counsel and support in energy law matters for clients throughout the greater Appalachian region.

We have represented commercial and industrial clients in every aspect of production, processing and energy use, from evaluating specific strategies, to negotiations, preparation of documents and approval at the appropriate government agency.

Our goal is to assist our clients in analyzing and developing strategic plans to cope with energy purchases and fuel management, production and transportation issues, and to successfully navigate the regulatory process. We can evaluate opportunities, negotiated terms and conditions, and prepared and revised documents for every type of energy agreement – purchase, transportation, production and fuel management.