For over 30 years, the legal expertise of Vicki Dallas,
our founder and shareholder, has contributed to
her clients’ success in their business ventures.
Legal Representation & Counsel
Whether you are a manufacturer, distributor, service provider, or you're in sports and active lifestyle, consumer products, sports and consumer technology, medical devices, fashion technology, or e-commerce, DIL represents clients in a wide variety of industries. With DIL, you can expect:
Corporate and business legal representation you can trust
Legal counsel and business advice tailored to your needs
Innovative legal solutions that save you time and money
Start-up Formation & Planning
DIL has the know-how to bring your great ideas to fruition. Vicki Dallas has served as a legal and business advisor, as well as a mentor, to many startups and emerging companies through the years. DIL represents clients in a variety of industries, including sports and active lifestyle, consumer products, sports technology, consumer technology, fashion technology, e-commerce, beauty, and equine. DIL can help you set up your business for success with startup formation, including:
Structuring and forming business entities
Drafting founders’ agreements and related agreements, including operating agreements and shareholder agreements
Drafting employee, advisor and consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and stock and equity incentive plans
Structuring and forming business entities engaged in equine related businesses and activities, including drafting equine purchase, sale, lease, and board agreements
Growth & Expansion
Growing a business takes more than money—it takes strategy. Once we examine your business, DIL will work with you to devise tactics to get the resources you need, such as:
Capital raising and financing arrangements (angel, seed, SAFEs, convertible notes, venture capital, and other debt and equity transactions)
Licensing, distribution, and marketing arrangements
Joint ventures and strategic alliances
Mergers & Acquisitions
With over 30 years of experience in both sell-side and buy-side M&A, our legal expertise will help you define and execute your exit strategy. Vicki has represented large and small companies in a broad range of industries—including manufacturing, distribution, medical devices, and technology—in both taxable and tax-free asset, stock, merger, and reorganization transactions. Her legal and personal negotiation skills, efficiency, and ability to collaborate effectively within a variety of team-based environments enable her to confidently document, manage, and close complex and challenging transactions. These abilities have earned her continued respect and referrals from clients and the investment banking community. Here is how we can help you come out on top of your business deals:
Structure of Sell-Side Acquisitions
Review of Letters of Intent
Due Diligence Review and Documentation
Drafting and Negotiation of Definitive Agreements
Closing and Post-Closing Counsel and Representation
Outside General Counsel Representation
DIL also acts as outside General Counsel for various clients. Business clients count on DIL to respond quickly to business and legal questions and concerns, draft and review business contracts and agreements, and provide trusted and practical legal advice on a variety of legal and business issues they face in daily operations. Vicki’s broad range of work experience has given her a diverse pool of knowledge that she can draw from to solve the problems you might have. If you are interested in DIL’s general counsel services, please contact us for more information.