Providing value-added legal services to businesses, from entrepreneurial start-ups to global multinationalS.
Practice
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS
I strive to provide clients with scalable support for acquiring customers, engaging with vendors, negotiating with business partners, documenting transactions, bringing products and services to market, driving growth, and creating shareholder value. I advise on a variety of commercial agreements and transactions, including:
SaaS Subscription Agreements
Terms of Use
Terms of Service
License Agreements
Terms and Conditions of Sale
Reseller Agreements
Distribution Agreements
Construction Agreements
Procurement / Supply / Purchase Agreements
Referral Agreements
Out-sourcing Agreements
Sub-contracting Agreements
Service Agreements
Sales Representative Agreements
Non-disclosure Agreements
Letters of Intent
Joint-Marketing Agreements
Joint-Development Agreements
Memoranda of Understanding
Consulting Agreements
TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION
I support ventures seeking to commercialize innovative technologies, launch new products, and enter new markets.
FRACTIONAL GEneral counsel
I support early-stage businesses by providing commercial legal advice to the leadership team and/or board, typically in situations where there is no existing internal legal resource. I help the leadership team identify risks, address emerging challenges, and pursue new opportunities.
CROSS BORDER
I support businesses seeking to enter the U.S. market or grow within the U.S. market. I also support U.S. businesses seeking to grow in export markets.
ACQUISITION INTEGRATION / DUE DILIGENCE / DIVESTITURE PLANNING
I review and advise on commercial contracts within the context of acquisition integration, divestiture planning, and transaction due diligence. I have supported the legal integration of dozens of acquisitions as well as the divestiture of business units across a variety of geographies.
INDUSTRIES
My clients are from diverse industries and geographies. I seek to provide tailored legal solutions taking the business objectives of my clients and the particularities of those industries and geographies into account. I advise clients across a variety of sectors, including:
Advanced Materials
Automotive Dealer IT
Consumer Technology
Construction
Distribution / Reselling
Energy
Energy Efficiency Solutions
Equipment Sales & Service
Healthcare Technology
Manufacturing
Out-sourcing
Petrochemical Logistics
Renewable Natural Gas
Software
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Systems Integration
Supply-Chain Management Solutions
Testimonials Summary
Michael T. Medwig
I am a general counsel with broad international business and legal experience at all stages of enterprise growth, from entrepreneurial start-ups to global multinationals. I provide value-added legal services to technology companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and growth businesses.
Leveraging my legal expertise to achieve business objectives, I strive to act as a business partner, providing clients with scalable support for acquiring customers, engaging with vendors, negotiating with business partners, documenting transactions, bringing products and services to market, driving growth, and creating shareholder value.
My Experience
acquisition integration
advanced materials
automotive dealer technology solutions
construction
distribution / reselling
due diligence / divestiture planning
energy efficiency solutions
equipment sales and service
export sales
healthcare technology
healthcare information technology
manufacturing
out-sourcing
petrochemical logistics
procurement / purchasing
renewable natural gas
software
software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms
technology/innovation commercialization
Prior to launching my private practice in 2010, I served 14 years as in-house counsel for various GE businesses, including:
5 years as General Counsel of GE IT Solutions Europe, based in Munich, Germany
6 years with GE Healthcare (covering Europe, Middle East & Africa) based in Paris, France
2 years with GE International Law & Policy, based in Washington DC
1 year supporting GE Equipment Services
I also served as General Counsel Europe for Agility Logistics, based in London, UK.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
I am an advisor to H Quest Vanguard, an advanced materials, chemicals, and clean hydrogen energy start-up, based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
I served on the Program Committee of the 2024 Three Rivers Venture Fair, where I organized a moderated panel on "Exiting to a Strategic Buyer", which explored: ·
- Leveraging M&A in a venture-funding strategy
- How a strategic investor can become a strategic buyer
- Optimizing an exit to a strategic buyerI served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2023 Three Rivers Venture Fair, where I organized a panel on raising funds from strategic investors.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2021 Three Rivers Venture Fair, where I organized a panel on life science ventures.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2021 Invent Pennsylvania State University Venture & IP Conference.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2020 Three Rivers Venture Fair.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2019 Three Rivers Venture Fair, where I co-organized an AI & Machine Learning panel.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2019 Invent Pennsylvania State University Venture & IP Conference.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2018 Invent Pennsylvania State University Venture & IP Conference, where I organized an AI in Education panel.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2017 Three Rivers Venture Fair, where I co-organized an Autonomous Driving panel.
I served on the Program Committee and Coaches Committee of the 2016 Invent Pennsylvania State University Venture & IP Conference, where I organized an Energy Innovation panel and an Advanced Materials Innovation panel.
I served on the Coaches Committee for the 2016 Three Rivers Venture Fair.
I was a reviewer and judge for the TransTech Energy Business Development Conference start-up competition in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
I served as a judge in the 2018, 2017, and 2016 Allegheny Region Cleantech University Prize Collegiate Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and hosted by Carnegie Mellon University.
Georgetown University Law Center, JD 1993
Georgetown University Law Center, LLM 1994
Admitted to practice in: Pennsylvania 1993; United States Supreme Court 2008; England & Wales 2008 (non-practicing).
