Teagan Weston

Legal Advisor

Total Merchant Resources • Fulltime

Mar 2013 - Oct 2020 • 7 yrs 7 mos

Financial transactions at Total Merchant Resources required legal judgment where business financing, merchant cash advances, commercial obligations, and financial recovery intersected. I provided support on funding agreements, negotiations, merchant relationships, and disputes involving business capital. Before financing arrangements were finalized, I evaluated funding structures, merchant eligibility, financial disclosures, business ownership, and contractual representations. My analysis included distinguishing receivables purchases from commercial loans and ensuring transaction documents reflected their intended legal characteristics. Protecting the company's interests throughout funding relationships formed a major part of my work. I examined reconciliation provisions, payment authorizations, guarantees, default conditions, collection restrictions, and available remedies. When merchants experienced financial difficulties, I considered restructuring, negotiated settlements, and contractual enforcement. I also handled agreements with sales organizations, funding brokers, payment processors, and commercial partners. These relationships raised questions involving referral compensation, disclosure requirements, confidential financial information, contractual responsibilities, and potential misrepresentations during funding. Disputed transactions required examination of funding records, merchant communications, payment histories, and executed agreements. I developed legal positions concerning alleged fraud, interrupted payments, contractual breaches, and recovery claims while considering applicable financing regulations. My contributions strengthened transaction documentation, enforcement practices, and protection of Total Merchant Resources' financial interests.