Hands-on legal partner helping companies navigate their most complex transactions & transformations.
*Noetic an adjective referring to the mind, intellect, or rational processes, derived from the Greek word nous (“mind”).
About the Founder
Jennifer Riley
Jennifer is an Atlanta-based attorney with more than 25 years of experience serving as a trusted legal partner to senior executives in some of the world's most complex organizations. She began her career in Big Law and has spent the last 18 years embedded in industrial services and manufacturing businesses — sitting at the leadership table, understanding commercial and operational priorities, and delivering actionable legal solutions. Her career reflects an uncommon combination of strategic legal counsel and deep, hands-on experience.
To learn more about Jennifer’s experience and how she might be able to help your company, please click on the link below.
Services
Fractional general counsel and project-based services for companies with or without an
in-house legal team.
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Serve as a member of the executive leadership team, on an as-needed basis, providing legal support and guidance in the areas and on the schedule identified by the Client.
Typical activities include:
Board presentations & corporate governance;
Executive onboarding & exits;
Restructuring & reorganizations, facility closures, & work force reductions;
Data privacy & information security;
EEOC, OSHA, environmental & other agency engagement;
Litigation, customer & supplier disputes;
Commercial services;
IP/software development & IP protection;
Real estate matters;
Compliance training, policy and process development, investigations;
M&A;
Legal team development & training.
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Provide C-level legal support for structuring, drafting and negotiating a company’s most complex and high-stakes transactions;
Design and draft customized contract templates, designed to maximize service and product offerings;
Create negotiation playbooks, risk assessment guidelines, deviation approval frameworks, signing authority processes, and training;
Analyze and design end-to-end commercial processes from customer onboarding and deal approval through contract execution and operations handoff.
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Work alongside key company stakeholders (Human Resources, Operations, Finance, Communications, etc.), providing C-level legal support for critical organizational changes, including WARN compliance, regulatory obligations, and legal entity wind-down.
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Management of the full M&A legal workstream including due diligence, disclosure preparation, review of key transaction documents, rep and warranty reviews, design, draft and negotiate post-sale supply arrangements, contract manufacturing, and non-interference agreements.
Pre-deal readiness review. Review critical diligence areas (employee information, commercial contracts, software/technology, operations, regulatory requirements, etc.) to proactively identify and address potential issues.
What Makes Noetic Law Stand Apart?
From the founder…
Experience.
I have spent 25 years in the rooms where problems get solved — as in-house counsel, as a business partner, and as an executive accountable for the outcome. I understand the legal dimensions of the challenges companies face, as well as the business pressures, organizational dynamics, and practical constraints that affect outcomes. Whatever you are facing, chances are, I have faced it too.
Collaboration + Objectivity.
I bring together the collaborative mindset of an insider - developed over 18 years of working on leadership teams, rolling up my sleeves, and cultivating trust - and the objectivity of an outsider — the ability to see situations with fresh eyes, ask the questions others may be reluctant to ask, and deliver advice free from the pressures of internal politics and old ways of working.
Focus.
I am not trying to be all things to all people - my services are intentionally narrow. I am focused in the areas where I have developed a genuine mastery and can add the most value - so that every client engagement is backed by the kind of deep, tested expertise that delivers results.
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