Corporate governance consultant

Governance that holds up when investors, buyers, and regulators look closely.

Ricky Bitelman-Behar, JD brings 35+ years of transactional and regulatory work to the documents that decide who owns the company, who decides, and whether it survives diligence.

What a corporate governance consultant does

Governance is the set of documents and habits that control a company: its bylaws, board and stockholder decisions, ownership records, and the agreements that bind founders, officers, and investors. A governance consultant builds that structure correctly from the start — or repairs it before a deal exposes the gaps.

Most failed financings, licensing deals, and acquisitions do not die on price. They die in diligence, when the counterparty finds missing board consents, equity promised by email, or formation documents built from a template.

Where we help

  • Bylaws, board resolutions, and director and officer documents
  • Founder, stockholder, equity, vesting, and buy-sell agreements
  • Cap table construction and clean-up before a priced round
  • Reconstruction of minutes, consents, and corporate books
  • Repair of DIY formation documents from LegalZoom or Rocket Lawyer
  • Subsidiary and intercompany governance for expanding companies

When to bring in a governance consultant

  • Before raising venture, private, or public capital
  • Before licensing IP or signing a major commercial agreement
  • Before an acquisition, merger, joint venture, or exit
  • When entering new states, industries, or countries
  • When nobody can say with confidence who owns what

How an engagement runs

Remote, document-first, and scoped in writing. A short scoping call identifies the entity, what records exist, and the next transaction. Records are reconstructed first; then documents are drafted to be signed, with a diligence-ready record set at handoff.

Consulting and legal-support work only — not a law firm and not legal advice. Matters requiring representation are completed with independently licensed counsel.

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