Ongoing legal support without the full-time in-house salary.
Monthly retainer for ongoing legal needs — contracts, compliance, HR policies, and IP — so you have a consistent advisor who understands your business.
Built for growing businesses that need regular legal input, but aren’t ready to hire full-time in-house counsel.
Snapshot of What We Cover
- Contract review, drafting, and negotiation
- Compliance and risk-spotting guidance
- HR policies and employment-related documents
- Brand and content protection (trademarks & IP)
- Periodic strategy calls with leadership
Who Uses Virtual General Counsel?
Ideal for businesses that have ongoing legal questions, contracts, and compliance needs—but don’t need a full in-house department yet.
Growing small & mid-sized businesses
Regular contract work, policies, and strategic questions—but not enough volume for a full-time general counsel role.
Owner-led companies
Owners who want a trusted legal sounding board for decisions, deals, and long-term planning, not just emergencies.
Teams without in-house counsel
COOs, CFOs, and HR leaders who currently handle “legal” by default and need a partner to share the load.
What Virtual General Counsel Covers
Each engagement is tailored, but most VGC relationships are built around these pillars.
Contracts & deal flow
Ongoing review, drafting, and negotiation support for the agreements that drive your business.
- Customer and vendor agreements
- NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and renewals
- Playbooks for common contract positions
Compliance & risk management
Help spotting and addressing issues around regulations, data, and internal practices before they become bigger problems.
- Policy review and development
- Issue-spotting around regulatory changes
- Risk mitigation strategies and next steps
HR policies & employment documents
Support for the legal side of hiring, managing, and parting ways with employees and contractors.
- Handbooks, policies, and offer letters
- Independent contractor and employment agreements
- Basic guidance on discipline and separations
Brand & IP protection
Ongoing support to protect your name, content, and intangible assets as your business grows.
- Trademark and copyright strategy
- Licensing and collaboration agreements
- Enforcement letters and takedown requests
Strategic & executive-level counsel
Regular time set aside for leadership to discuss decisions, deals, and long-term plans with legal input baked in.
- Monthly or quarterly strategy calls
- Review of upcoming initiatives and risks
- Support for board and investor-facing materials
Coordination with your wider team
We work alongside your CPA, HR, and other advisors so everyone is aligned and pulling in the same direction.
- Joint calls with key advisors when helpful
- Shared understanding of priorities and risks
- Referrals to specialists when issues fall outside scope
How the Virtual General Counsel Model Works
Clear expectations, recurring access, and a relationship that deepens as we learn your business.
Initial assessment
We review your current contracts, policies, and risk areas and learn how decisions are made inside your business today.
Retainer design
We tailor a monthly retainer that matches your likely volume of questions, contracts, and projects, with clear expectations on both sides.
Ongoing partnership
You get recurring access to counsel, defined response expectations, and a proactive partner who helps you think ahead—not just react.
Want a lawyer who actually knows your business?
Virtual General Counsel is for teams that want an ongoing relationship, not one-off transactions. If that sounds like what you need, let’s talk.
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