How an engagement works

§ 1. How does a fractional general counsel engagement work?

A fractional general counsel engagement starts with a thirty minute intro call, then a scoped engagement sized to your volume and risk, billed hourly or as a flat monthly fee. From there your GC works as embedded counsel inside the business: Slack, standing calls, board prep, and deal rooms, with pricing set together after the intro call.

§ 2. The three stages

1. (a)

   Intro call

   Thirty minutes

   A direct conversation about your business, your goals, and your legal priorities. Bring your two most pressing legal questions. Exact pricing is set together after this call.

2. (b)

   Scoped engagement

   Hourly or monthly fixed fee

   An engagement sized to your volume and risk: contracts, employment, privacy, and whatever else comes up. Hourly or flat monthly fee. Tailored to your budget. No surprises.

3. (c)

   Embedded counsel

   Ongoing

   Your GC joins the team. Slack, standing calls, board prep, deal rooms. Legal stops being a bottleneck and starts moving at the speed of the business.

§ 3. Fees

Hourly or flat monthly, tailored to your budget.

GC Bench engagements are billed hourly or as a flat monthly fee, tailored to your budget. Exact pricing is set together after the intro call, once your volume and risk are clear. No surprises.

§ 4. Your existing lawyers

A fractional GC does not replace your outside firms.

Specialists still handle specialist work: litigation, patents, tax. Your GC decides when to bring them in, briefs them properly, and keeps the engagement efficient. If you already have a lawyer you call sometimes, keep them. A fractional GC coordinates that relationship, decides when to escalate, and handles the everyday legal work.