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Our Fractional General Counsel service offers in-house legal teams a hassle-free solution for teams experiencing reduced capacity, fluctuating workloads, project work, and tackling highly specialised matters.

The service allows you to scale your legal resource in an agile, cost effective way whilst also accessing the breadth of legal expertise that a Top 100, full-service law firm can offer.

Ward Hadaway are your dedicated legal partners – working alongside you to cut through complexity and deliver strategic, commercial advice tailored to your goals. Our focus is on embedding seamlessly with your team and helping your business stay on course and ahead of the competition.

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Our Fractional General Counsel explained

Our Fractional General Counsel service is scalable and responsive, solution-driven and proactive.

One of our commercial lawyers will integrate with your in-house team, or act as your in-house counsel if needed. They will be dedicated to your business for a number of days per week or month – whatever best suits your needs.

They can advise on day-to-day matters, provide strategic legal support for long-term projects, or help to build your internal legal function. This on-demand service is designed to give you the confidence and peace of mind to focus on your business goals with full cost certainty.

In addition to your dedicated commercial lawyer, their time can be substituted out on a flexible basis to allow you to access our deep pool of specialist experts in:

  • GDPR and data law
  • IT contracts
  • AI regulation
  • Intellectual property law
  • Competition and regulatory law

This means that for no additional cost, you get access to a whole team’s worth of specialist skills, rather than just the skills of your usual lawyer.


Why Fractional General Counsel?

The support you need now without recruitment, commitment and ongoing costs.

  • A named commercial lawyer embedded in your team – in person and/or remote
  • Dedicated time – choose the days per week or month that suit you
  • Access to specialist partner-level support: GDPR and data law; IT contracts; AI regulation; intellectual property law; and competition and regulatory law
  • Reduced day rate for long-term requirements
  • When your needs change, we flex with you
  • A smart solution for teams with long-term requirements or one-off projects

 


Access to legal expertise

Our team knows your industry. Our lawyers bring together commercial experience and legal expertise meaning we offer a straightforward approach to getting things done. From protecting your great ideas to getting into the details to help you make smart, profitable decisions – our robust in-house services offer you the confidence to take your business forward.

Our lawyers have spent time working in-house and have a genuine understanding of how to add value to commercial teams. We operate as a trusted extension to your team.

Included in our Fractional General Counsel service

  • Managing commercial legal strategy
  • Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements
  • Establishing simple and effective contracting processes, procedures and internal policies
  • Protecting and exploiting intellectual property and trade marks
  • Navigating data protection and privacy laws
  • Competition and regulatory advice

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Ready to expand your legal resource, please contact

Matthew Cormack

Partner | Commercial

+44 (0) 330 137 3412

+44 (0)773 846 2586

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What people say

  • The corporate and commercial team are engaging, proactive and approachable and work collaboratively and in a one team manner.

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  • The team inspires us with confidence and encourages us to grow and think differently, providing beyond legal support and exceptional levels of service.

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  • The partners and staff are focused on ensuring their clients receive great service. They always do what they say they will do and when they say it will be completed. I can’t compliment the team looking after us highly enough.

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  • Very knowledgeable and capable of deploying intellectual insight in a practical and efficient way.

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  • Ultimately, we use legal professionals to help us navigate complexities and achieve commercially sensible results. Ward Hadaway simply do this extremely well. They highlight the options and aren’t afraid to make a recommendation, which is perhaps the most valuable to us as a client. The individuals are thorough and take a real interest in our business, which puts them in a much better position to advise actions that work in the context of our overall objectives.

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  • Detailed knowledge of subject matter, willingness to assist discrete tasks and push progress, organised summaries and risk analysis.

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  • Very knowledgeable and capable of deploying intellectual insight in a practical and efficient way.

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  • In-depth knowledge of all legal issues, in particular with regards to data protection and GDPR makes them unique.

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