Fractional General Counsel Europe
A seasoned General Counsel on your side without the overhead of a hire
The strategic importance of a General Counsel is well established; many companies have General Counsel on their board, and they are considered key executive members in any large business. However, not all companies can or want to appoint a General Counsel full-time.
An increasing number of companies are working with fractional General Counsel; senior level advisors supporting the board on a part-time basis, embedded within your company, at a fraction of the cost of an FTE or external law firm. Flexibility and clarity, ready to scale up and down as needs evolve.
How we work
We offer three types of General Counsel engagements.
- Flexible, monthly Fractional General Counsel services for a fixed fee;
- Immediate insight reports for a fixed fee;
- Tailored, long-term Fractional General Counsel engagements.
Aside from General Counsel engagements, we also offer
- GC coaching and mentoring;
- Commercial mediation.
Fractional General Counsel services
Lite
For smaller companies seeking a light touch. Included: unlimited phone calls & e-mails with the CEO and one contract review a month.
Fit for growth
For companies in growth. Included: unlimited phone calls & e-mails with the entire C-suite, and two contract reviews a month.
Platinum
For established companies, we offer tailored services ensuring seamless embedding into your business.
Immediate insight reports
Lite
For smaller companies seeking a lighter touch, we offer a focused review of your legal risk management maturity.
We identify where exposure can be reduced and where simple process improvements or standard templates can add tangible value to the business.
You receive a concise, actionable report within two weeks of providing the information we need.
Fit for growth
For companies in a growth phase,
the question is not just whether the business is ready, but whether the legal
and operational foundations can support what comes next. Inefficiencies that
are manageable today can become more costly as headcount, contracts, and
complexity increase.
We deliver a focused report with targeted recommendations within four
weeks of receiving the information we need.
Platinum
For more established companies looking to professionalize their legal function and governance structure, we conduct a thorough assessment of your current legal setup and deliver a clear picture of where your priorities should lie.
The scope and recommendations are tailored to your company.
How we work
Discovery
Discovery with CEO and the C-suite to gain full understanding of current state of affairs.
Alignment
Based on initial findings, we identify key steps to take the company from current state to value creation.
Implementation
Rapid and efficient implementation.
Lawyers, not a law firm
The environment businesses are navigating today is genuinely demanding. Geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory complexity, and market instability all complicate strategic decision-making, in ways that no business can afford to leave unaddressed.
We are seasoned, multilingual General Counsel with extensive, international in-house experience.
We guide boards through structural changes. Not as an external, reactive vendor, but as an in-house business partner. We understand balancing legal risk against commercial reality.
This is why we work as an embedded business partner, alongside your leadership team, aligned to your goals and accountable for outcomes.
We work on fixed fees tied to pre-agreed deliverables and measurable KPIs. A defined scope, clear milestones, and results you can track, positioning your organisation for long-term success.
Beyond our insight reports and Fractional General Counsel services, we also offer Fractional General Counsel positions embedded in your organisation for a set number of days a month.
All engagements are structured around fixed fees, defined scope and measurable outcomes.
Board-qualified General Counsel
Among the General Counsel on our panel is a certified European Board Director, formally qualified in corporate governance, board dynamics and director responsibility.
For companies retaining a Fractional General Counsel, this credential carries practical weight.
A General Counsel who understands governance from the board's own perspective brings a qualitatively different level of advice to the executive team: one calibrated to how boards think, what they need in order to act, and how legal input earns its credibility at that level.
That perspective is not a product of legal training alone. It develops through formal governance education, experience as Corporate Secretary across listed and private organisations, and sustained familiarity with board-level decision-making under real pressure.
If your business is navigating structural change, preparing for a transaction or simply seeking more effective legal engagement at board level, this is the difference that experience makes.
Coaching and mentoring
The most effective legal functions are led by General Counsel who operate as genuine business partners to the board and executive team. That requires more than legal expertise: it takes commercial instinct, strategic clarity and the judgment that comes from experience.
Our team offers structured coaching and mentoring to current and aspiring General Counsel, drawing on careers across in-house, private practice and board roles in multiple jurisdictions and sectors. For organisations seeking to strengthen their legal leadership, this is a practitioner-led, confidential programme tailored to the individual and the context.
Whether you are a CEO looking to develop your GC's strategic effectiveness, a board seeking to enhance the performance of your legal function, or a lawyer stepping into in-house leadership for the first time, we welcome a conversation.
Commercial mediation
Commercial disputes carry costs well beyond legal fees: management time, damaged relationships, and outcomes that neither side controls. Mediation, handled by the right person, resolves disputes faster, more cost-effectively, and on terms both parties can own.
Our panel includes a certified professional mediator with extensive experience of the commercial, regulatory and cross-border dimensions that characterise disputes between sophisticated parties. That background matters: understanding what is actually at stake for a business, beyond the legal positions on the page, is often what makes resolution possible.
Mediation services are available to parties in any sector and for cross-border disputes across Europe in multiple languages. If you are dealing with a commercial dispute and considering your options, we welcome an initial conversation.
Contact us
We work across all countries in Europe.
For more information, please contact us via the LinkedIN page above, or through LE@le-gals.eu.