Stephen Ganis
Founder: CT/NY Business Advisor , Legal Checkups & Transaction Counsel
A sale or business event may be on the horizon, but is your business prepared? When a company faces a critical moment—whether it’s debt or equity financing, bringing in a new equity partner, or navigating financial pressures—the legal foundation often determines the outcome. As a former Business Attorney, I provide proactive Legal Health Checkups and Counsel for Growth and Transactions to small and medium-sized businesses in Connecticut and New York. My goal is to help business owners strengthen their legal foundations, reduce risks, and ensure continuity without the expense of maintaining full-time legal staff. I focus on reviewing core business documents, contracts, and governance structures to prepare businesses for future opportunities. After a Checkup or capital event transaction, I also offer Fractional General Counsel services, acting as your on-call legal partner.
I operate a virtual practice and offer a fixed-fee pricing structure. I am admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York, and I have experience working with companies incorporated in Delaware and handling contracts governed by Delaware law.
My key experience includes:
* Law Offices of Stephen L. Ganis, Stamford, CT
* On-Demand Counsel (part-time) to Seabury Group (New York)
* On-Demand Fractional Counsel (part-time) to Welbilt, now Manitowoc (Stamford)
* General Counsel to Triton Asset and Investment Management (Stamford)
* Corporate Attorney with Robinson, Silverman (now Bryan Cave) (NYC)
* Corporate Attorney with Whitman & Ransom (NYC)
The services I provide include:
* Business Legal Health Checkups for upcoming sales or transitions
* Business Growth and Transaction Counsel
* Fractional General Counsel: Your On-Call Legal Partner
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property
- Fractional General Counsel: Your On-Call Legal Partner
- Business Legal Health Checkups (looming business sale or transition)
- Business Finance
- Business Growth and Transaction Counsel (debt or equity financing, new partner a
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I offer Big Law services at small business prices.
- Connecticut
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- English
- Principal
- Law Offices of Stephen L. Ganis/ Ganis Corporate Law
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- General Counsel
- Triton Invesment Management, Stamford, CT
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- Robinson Silverman (now Bryan Cave), New York City
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- Associate
- Whitman & Ransom, New York City
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- Brooklyn Law School
- J.D.
- Honors: Brooklyn Law Review, Notes Editor
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- Syracuse University
- B.S. | Magazine Journalism/Newhouse School
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