Birmingham: PRINCO uses only external legal counsel to enforce team ownership
Jen Birmingham · Jenn Birmingham – Organizational Alpha at PRINCO (EP. 336) · Sep 4, 2023 · at 27:56
Jen Birmingham, Managing Director at PRINCO, describes PRINCO's deliberate operational choice not to hire in-house legal counsel.
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“It's another reason why we actually do not have internal legal counsel. We use external only, and the reason for that is that the investment person, as well as the ops team, has to play quarterback.”
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