Dana Murphy
General Corporate, Commercial Contracts, Construction, Architecture, Environmental, Engineering
About
Dana Murphy is a seasoned legal professional with more than 16 years of experience advising growth-oriented and private equity-backed businesses, with a particular focus on architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) and similar professional services firms. She spent nearly a decade as in-house counsel at The Vertex Companies, LLC, an international, private equity backed AEC firm where she supported a rapidly expanding organization on a broad spectrum of matters including litigation management, complex commercial contracting, corporate formation and governance, employment law, M&A transactions, and executive-level strategic initiatives. Today, through her fractional legal practice, Dana partners with clients to deliver practical, business-focused support on M&A due diligence, commercial contract review and negotiation, licensing, corporate governance and compliance, and employment law and policy development
Practice areas
- General Corporate
- Commercial Contracts
- Employment Law
- Litigation & Disputes
- M&A Law
Services
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Entity formation and structures, managing annual corporate filings, and maintaining licenses and registrations; board resolutions, record keeping and maintenance.
Commercial Contracts
reviewing and negotiating third party agreements, RFPs, NDAs; drafting master customer terms and/or master subcontracts for repeat engagements.
Risk Management & Compliance
policies, procedures, compliance programs, hiring contracts, offer letters, company policies, handbooks, disputes, investigations, claim mitigation, and guidance on navigating changing laws/regulations.
Experience
Senior Legal Counsel
The Vertex Companies, LLC
Jan 2016 – Feb 2025