A seasoned general counsel embedded in your business, part-time, for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Just as companies now hire fractional CFOs and CMOs, they are turning to the fractional general counsel, also called an outsourced general counsel or on-demand general counsel: a senior lawyer who works with a business part-time, on a retainer or project basis, with the strategic judgment of a seasoned in-house counsel and none of the salary, benefits, or overhead of a full-time hire. For a founder-led or mid-market company, a full-time general counsel can cost well over $400,000 a year before benefits, while relying only on outside firms means unpredictable hourly bills and advisors who parachute in and out. A fractional general counsel sits inside the business, builds institutional knowledge, and is there when it matters.
The strategic legal function, without the headcount.
Day-to-day and board-level legal leadership: commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, risk management, employment matters, financing and M&A support, and managing outside counsel, from a senior lawyer who sits in your leadership meetings and knows your business.
Pay for the legal leadership you use.
Senior expertise without the salary, benefits, and recruiting cost of a full-time general counsel, and without the unpredictable hourly bills of a large law firm. Scale the engagement up or down as your needs change, with a predictable, controlled legal spend.
Your fractional general counsel is a senior corporate lawyer with mergers and acquisitions and capital markets experience, so you get someone who has run the transactions, not just read about them. It is big-firm capability at boutique pricing, with the same attorney available as your business grows.
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