Concierge Outside Counsel: Compliance, Contracts, and Keeping Clients Deal-Ready

Yuliya Flynn is a partner at a small business law firm where she acts as concierge legal counsel for small and mid-size companies — handling the kind and breadth of work an in-house lawyer would, but for multiple clients at once. In this episode, she walks through what that role looks like day to day, from drafting employment agreements and reviewing leases to fielding emergency calls about severance. Yuliya explains how she audits new clients for compliance gaps, why she treats compliance as preventative medicine, and how those gaps can tank a purchase when it's time to sell. She also digs into the complexity of structuring employee compensation and retention plans, where equity participation sounds simple but quickly intersects with succession planning and corporate governance. Yuliya Flynn is a graduate of Kostanay State University in Kazakhstan and also earned her Master of Laws from American University with a specialization in International Business and Trade Law. This episode is hosted by Katya Valasek. Mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Haynes Boone LLP Learn more about Juno and private student loans Access LawHub today! Learn more about Juno and private student loans

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Concierge Outside Counsel: Compliance, Contracts, and Keeping Clients Deal-Ready is an episode from LST's I Am The Law by Kyle McEntee.

This episode is 32:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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