Virtual General Counsel

Flexible Legal Support with a Virtual General Counsel

If you’re looking for legal advice and strategic support for your business in a cost manageable way, then our virtual general counsel service gives you access to an experienced senior lawyer who works directly with your business on a scheduled or as needed basis.

Helping you navigate the legal challenges

We act as a virtual general counsel for a range of dynamic start-ups and small businesses ensuring that they have a legal partner to guide them as they grow and operate, without the overheads of a full-time resource.

Having worked as in-house lawyers in businesses ourselves, we know how to slot in from day one to deliver the kind of pragmatic, commercial legal advice small businesses need. We create great relationships with your stakeholders and ensure they see legal as a valuable investment that manages risk while moving business along.

We aim to be the best business partners we can for you and your business – senior lawyers who act as an extension of your team at a fraction of the cost.

Whatever you need in terms of virtual general counsel for your small business, our solution can be designed to meet your needs and budget. It’s the ideal solution if you want to invest in legal without hiring permanent resource.

Supporting your business needs

As part of our virtual general counsel service, we can support you with:

  • Developing legal procedures and policies
  • Project management
  • Streamlining legal processes
  • Mitigating risks
  • Providing bespoke training contracts and programmes
  • Board and Committee governance
  • Regulatory and compliance
  • Legal risk management

Contact us today to find out more about our virtual general counsel solution and the legal support we can provide for your team. We’ll work with you to identify your strategic priorities and support you with tasks that are related to employment, commercial and contractual legal agreements.

Get direct access to senior in-house lawyers who will work as part of your business and team.

Our legal support is based on a fixed amount of time per month on a retainer basis, providing you with guaranteed legal coverage and cost certainty.

As part of the service, you’ll receive 24-hour response time and access to the wider team at Arbor Law for specialist legal expertise.

Our legal support isn’t limited. Through our cost-effective solution, we draft and negotiate contracts with customers and suppliers, advise on corporate and shareholder matters, company secretarial support, NDAs, employment advice, GDPR issues, share option schemes, regulatory and compliance support.

Our experienced senior lawyers work with fast growing start-ups as well as businesses of all sizes across a range of sectors.

Benefit from direct access to an experienced senior in-house lawyer with no long-term commitment. A Fractional General Counsel – at a fraction of the cost.

Contact one of our team of senior lawyers for a call on how we can partner with your business as your Virtual General Counsel.

How can you benefit from our virtual general counsel solution

Our virtual general counsel service gives you access to experienced lawyers when you need them.

If you’re a small business or start-up looking for strategic support or legal advice for the interim, then a virtual general counsel is a cost-effective solution for getting legal advice from a law firm too. A virtual general counsel is less costly than hiring an in-house lawyer as we act as an extension to your team, reducing your business overheads while still giving you access to high-standard legal expertise.

Our virtual general counsel team

With a wealth of expertise in a range of legal services and sectors, our in-house lawyers work with you to understand your legal challenges and requirements and provide bespoke support for your business.

We’re your legal partner on hand to help you scale.

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How can we support your in-house team

Complete the form below to learn more about how we can support your business with flexible legal support through our in-house general counsel service.