I advise companies and private clients whose matters cross borders: which country's rules actually apply, how contracts and data terms should read, and what changes when a product, a team or a counterparty sits in another jurisdiction.
I am Casey Johns, an independent legal adviser and consultant. I work with companies and private clients at the points where a legal question shapes a practical decision.
Clients, counterparties and operations are rarely confined to one country. Where more than one legal system touches a matter, the first task is to establish which requirements actually apply to it.
I start from your situation: I look at the circumstances, identify the questions that need attention, and set out the steps worth considering. Whether that ends in a short written answer, a set of documents or continuing support is a decision we take together.
You discuss your matter with me directly, from the first enquiry to the final document.
Three directions of work. Each starts with the same question: what actually applies to your situation, and what follows from it.
Support at the points where a legal question shapes a commercial decision: a transaction, a counterparty, a restructuring, a new market.
Advice for matters that do not sit inside one country: a counterparty abroad, a document that has to work in two legal systems, an operation moving between jurisdictions.
The legal questions that come with running a business online: the data you hold, the terms you publish, and the technology you rely on.
Describe the situation in a few lines. If it is not something I can help with, I will say so at that first stage.
Five things that shape how a matter is taken on, scoped and seen through.
What applies to your situation, where the risks sit, and which steps are worth considering, in language you can act on.
Where you operate, where your counterparties are and where a document will be used all matter. They are part of the analysis, not an afterthought.
We agree the volume of work and the fee before anything starts. If a matter falls outside what I do, I say so at that first stage.
You work with me. Questions go to the person handling the matter, not through an intake queue.
What you share stays confidential and is handled to professional standards. Nothing is passed on without your instruction.
The things people ask before a first conversation, with the answers I would give on a call.
Advisory and consulting work for companies and private clients: analysis of documents and transactions, drafting, written opinions, and support while a matter runs. Court representation is not part of the service. Where a matter needs it, I help you find and instruct someone locally qualified.
I will. You deal with one adviser from the first enquiry to the final document, and there is no team the work gets passed down to.
Yes. Most matters here involve more than one country, and the first part of the work is usually establishing which requirements apply to the situation in front of us.
No, and no adviser can. The result depends on the circumstances of the matter, the documents behind it and the decisions of other parties. What I can do is set out what the position looks like and what your options are.
By the scope of work, agreed before it starts. A short consultation, a document review and continuing support are priced differently, and you know which one you are agreeing to.
No. Establishing what the matter is about, and whether it is something I can help with, is not billed.
A description of the situation in your own words, the countries involved, and any deadline you are working to. Documents come later, once we have agreed what is being looked at.
Then I say so at that first stage, and where I can, point you towards the kind of specialist the matter needs.
In confidence, and to professional standards. What you share is used to assess and run your matter, and is not passed to anyone else without your instruction.
Sensitive personal data, identity documents and complete files. A general description is enough at that stage, and it keeps the amount of information held down to what the enquiry actually needs.
In three steps: your enquiry, then agreement on scope and terms, then the work itself. The three steps are set out under Contact below.
Yes, where a matter needs someone qualified in a particular country. I coordinate that work and keep the matter itself in one place.
Reviewing a document before you sign it, entering a new market, or working out which country's requirements apply to your situation? Describe the matter briefly. I will come back with questions and tell you how I can help.
info@caseyjohnslaw.comA short description of the matter, the countries involved, and any deadline.
I come back with questions and tell you whether this is something I can help with, then we agree the volume of work, the timeline and the fee before anything starts.
Analysis, documents or continuing support, with the position explained at each stage.
