Drawing on our deep experience as clients and founders, we offer general counsel services tailored to meet the specific legal and business needs of each company we serve. Our team - former GCs and in-house attorneys - is uniquely positioned to fill this role, leveraging a trained approach to legal issues that starts with understanding a company’s operational needs and risk profile. This experience allows us to plug-in quickly and provide high-value, efficient advice to founders and their leadership teams.
Our fractional GCs are experienced problem-solvers who understand the issues facing startups as they scale their businesses. They regularly handle a wide range of day-to-day legal issues, including entity formation / governance, commercial transactions, employment, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as more complex strategic transactions (M&A, partnerships, financing) and litigation with support from Scale’s deep bench of legal talent.
In-house attorneys are trained to approach legal issues differently - by working to first understand a client’s operational needs, risk profile, and strategic objectives and leveraging these insights to deliver advice that aligns with the business. We pride ourselves in providing practical and efficient guidance and are mindful of keeping costs aligned with the objectives of our clients. We know that quick responses are important and that legal cannot be the holdup. Many of our happy clients come to us after working with Big Law and are pleasantly surprised at the enhanced value we can provide.
Our fractional GC attorneys can help with specific legal needs as they arise, including:
In-house attorneys appreciate that our fractional GC attorneys understand the needs of the business and can partner with the existing legal function in a variety of seamless ways:
Each member of our General Counsel Services (GCS) team has considerable in-house legal experience at both private and public companies, including with the following industry leading companies:
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The unique and non-traditional structure of our firm really benefits our clients. Our attorneys have full control over their practices which makes them a joy to work with, and as a virtual firm, our lower overhead allows us to provide competitive rates for high caliber services.
We find that providing fractional GC services often lends itself to making business and process improvements that greatly benefit our clients. Rather than handling legal issues in a vacuum, we will work with you to identify and fix internal roadblocks, such as weak contract templates or inadequate customer-facing processes, in support of your overall efforts to scale.
Ethical Considerations in Litigation & Government Investigations
In-house counsel must manage a range of practical and ethical responsibilities in the context of litigation and government investigations, from assessing risk to ensuring compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct. What’s the best approach?
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Being a GC in Uncertain Times
General Counsel are expected to help their companies steer through the ups and downs of a typical business cycle and handle all the challenges that come with it. Inevitably though, GCs will encounter new situations for which they may be under-prepared. So how does one navigate through these situations?
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