New York | Investment Law
Legal Question
I hired a lawyer to handle a banking transaction, who oferred to bring some investors with capital to the deal. Then, in lieu of up front costs, he stated he would prefer make larger "continegency fees". He has become angry and obstinate when I ask for the simplest protection, or proof of his work, and I am concerned. He now asks for a non-circumvention agreement from the investors, yet became angry when I asked for it to be "mutual non-circumvention". He even threatened to delay things ,because of other work, if I asked for actual documentation of this. Does this seem odd or strange to you? We are all getting concerned that he is being deceptive and undermining our efforts.


