In-house counsel
We work closely with in-house counsel as an extension of their own legal teams, building on our industry and sector knowledge and our own in-house experience to get to grips quickly with our client’s individual businesses. We try to work like you do: providing pragmatic advice balancing risk management against the need to keep the wheels of the business turning.
We regularly assist in-house legal teams by advising on specific contracts or projects as well as by providing interim and overflow support during periods when the legal team’s resource is stretched.
You’ll see that while we can offer expertise comparable to a boutique law firm and are happy to support large, business-critical projects, we’re also happy to take on a “no job too small” approach to overflow work. Our in-house clients tell us that a significant challenge is dealing with the regular influx of day-to-day contracts in a cost-effective way. We offer both exceptionally competitive rates, and the confidence and experience to deal efficiently with low-risk matters without “over-lawyering” the job.
Some examples of recent work are:
- drafting outsourced procurement contracts, liaising with the client’s legal and procurement teams, for two multi-£million projects;
- providing contracts for European and UK Government funded collaborations and projects (both academic and commercial), addressing consortium and sub-contracting arrangements;
- negotiating and concluding contracts with suppliers, from IT support and GMP consultancy to temp and agency recruitment;
- providing general “ad-hoc” support for in-house teams’ internal clients on day-to-day matters (minor contractual disputes, minor contracts for cleaning, software licences, customer amendments to the client’s standard terms, NDAs);
- supporting GDPR compliance projects in companies from start-ups to multinationals.
In short: we see in-house counsel as a real “sweet spot” for our business, and we don’t think anyone can serve you better.
