Fractional GC & Head of Legal
You need a head of legal. You may not need one full time.
Your contracts pile up between board meetings. Investors ask diligence questions you answer from memory. Your CEO fields legal calls that should go to a lawyer, and the outside firm bills you to learn your business each time you call.
I step in as your general counsel on a monthly retainer. I join your Slack, learn the product, and own the legal function: I set priorities with leadership, handle the work myself, and bring in specialists only when a matter calls for one. When you hire a full-time GC, I hand over a function that runs.
What I handle
- Building and structuring an in-house legal function from scratch
- Strategic counsel to founders, senior leadership, and the board
- Fundraising and investor due diligence support
- Outside counsel management and budget oversight
- Corporate governance, board matters, and subsidiary management
- M&A due diligence and acquisition support
- Entity formation and international subsidiary structuring
- IP portfolio management: patents, trademarks, and trade secrets
- AI-powered legal tool deployment: CLM, contract review, and drafting
- Legal infrastructure build-out: templates, playbooks, intake, and approval workflows
Who this is for
Growth-stage FinTech, digital asset, AI, and SaaS companies that have outgrown ad hoc outside counsel. You close enterprise deals, raise capital, or operate in a regulated market, and you want a lawyer who already knows the company when the next question lands.
How the work runs
We agree on a monthly scope and a fixed retainer. You reach me on Slack, email, or a call, and I keep a running list of open matters so leadership sees what legal is working on. If the work grows, we resize the retainer together. If a month runs quiet, the fee stays the same and you keep your budget predictable.
Monthly retainers typically run $4,000 to $14,000, depending on scope. I quote a fixed number after our first call.
Common questions
How much does a fractional general counsel cost?
Monthly retainers typically run $4,000 to $14,000, depending on how much work you send and how regulated your business is. I quote a fixed number after our first call, so you know the monthly cost before we start.
How is a fractional GC different from outside counsel?
Outside counsel handles the matters you send them. A fractional GC sits inside your team, decides what legal should work on, does most of that work directly, and manages outside firms when you need a specialist. You get one lawyer who carries the context from week to week.
Can you help with a financing or an acquisition?
Yes. I run the company side of investor and buyer diligence: I organize the data room, clean up corporate records and contracts, and work with deal counsel on the documents. For large transactions I coordinate with a specialist firm so you get deep deal expertise without paying it to learn your company.
Do you set up legal tools like a CLM or AI contract review?
Yes. I select and deploy contract lifecycle management platforms and AI review and drafting tools, then build the templates, playbooks, and approval rules that make them useful. Your sales and procurement teams get faster answers without waiting on legal for routine work.
Tell me what you are working on, and I'll tell you how I would approach it.
This page provides a general overview of Fractional GC & Head of Legal matters. Every situation is different. Contact us to discuss the specifics of your matter.