Fractional legal services

Senior legal muscle,
fractional commitment.

An experienced commercial lawyer embedded in your business for a set number of days each month. Startups and scale-ups get the judgement of a general counsel — across contracts, governance and data — without the salary, the equity or the overhead of a full-time hire.

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Senior
Every time
Flexible
Month to month
The problem

Two bad options. Then a third.

Option A

The law firm meter

Every email is a chargeable event priced by the six-minute unit, while advice often feels like it was written for another lawyer rather than for your board.

Option B

No one senior in-house

Contracts get signed on the counterparty's paper, governance slips, and data obligations sit with whoever has the time. Risk compounds quietly until diligence finds it.

Option C

Fractional

A senior commercial lawyer inside your business for a fixed number of days each month. Same seniority, predictable cost, no headcount.

How it works

Four steps. No onboarding theatre.

Most engagements start within a fortnight and run month to month.

01

Agree the shape

We scope the days per month, the priorities for the first quarter and who you need us alongside — founders, finance, sales or the board.

02

Embed in the team

Your Slack, your stand-ups, your CRM. We work as part of the business, not as an external adviser waiting for a brief.

03

Own the legal function

Contract pipeline, templates, governance calendar, policies and escalations all sit with us and stay current.

04

Show up where it counts

Board and investor meetings, key negotiations, diligence rooms and regulator correspondence — with the context to be useful in the room.

What's included

Eight disciplines, on tap.

Your days each month can be spent anywhere across our practice areas — the mix changes as the business does.

Commercial Contracts

Templates, redlines, negotiations and the day-to-day contract pipeline.

Corporate Governance

Registers, resolutions, board minutes and director duties kept in order.

Data Protection

UK GDPR oversight, DPAs, DSARs, policies and breach response.

Intellectual Property

Ownership, assignments, licensing and portfolio housekeeping.

Human Resources

Contracts, handbooks, settlements and independent investigations.

Exit Readiness

Vendor diligence and clearing issues long before a buyer finds them.

Financial Services

Perimeter questions, authorisations and compliance health checks.

Media & Advertising

Campaign clearance, influencer deals and CAP/BCAP compliance.

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Engagement models

Buy days, not hours.

Pick a shape below as a starting point. We'll confirm the right level after a short call and adjust it whenever your workload changes.

Light touch

1–2 days / month

For early-stage teams with a steady trickle of contracts and a board that wants someone senior on call.

  • Contract review and redlines
  • Template library set-up
  • Ad-hoc advice by Slack or email
  • External Legal Spend Management
Embedded

3–5 days / month

For scale-ups signing regularly, hiring quickly and frequently answering to investors.

  • Everything in Light touch
  • Board and investor meeting attendance
  • Governance and policy ownership
  • Data protection oversight
Scaled

Custom

For businesses running a transaction, a regulatory project or a full legal function without a GC.

  • Everything in Embedded
  • Transaction and diligence support
  • Multi-discipline senior cover
  • Flexible ramp up and down

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Fifteen minutes, no sales pitch. Tell us the problem and we'll tell you straight whether we can help.

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