Outsourced legal function

For companies that do not maintain an in-house legal department, our firm provides comprehensive, ongoing legal support covering the full range of legal needs that may arise in the life of a business. Clients turning to an outsourced legal function typically expect a partner who is available on short notice, who understands their business and industry well enough to give practical, commercially minded advice rather than abstract legal opinions, and who can be relied upon for both major strategic matters and the countless smaller legal questions that arise in day-to-day operations.

Where we provide this service, we make a point of gaining an in-depth understanding of the client’s industry and its particular characteristics, as well as of the company itself and the specific regulatory environment in which it operates. Over time, we come to fulfil the legal function with the same familiarity and responsiveness that clients would expect from their own in-house counsel, while also assisting with the type of minor, everyday legal matters that companies would not typically bring to an external law firm at all. This solution is also more cost-effective than building and maintaining an in-house legal team, and rather than relying on a single in-house counsel, the client is served by a team of lawyers with expertise and experience across a variety of fields, while we place strong emphasis on keeping our service personal and consistently accessible.

For every client, we appoint a senior lawyer for overall day-to-day contact, who also manages the involvement of other lawyers from our firm whenever specialist knowledge of a given practice area is required.

Furthermore, given our extensive experience in this field, we are able to offer innovative cost effective structures for these services, such as blended rates or a monthly retainer, in order to meet our clients’ budget considerations.

Our Services

• acting, in practice, as the client’s outside general counsel across all areas of its legal needs
• handling day-to-day corporate matters
• handling employment law matters
• managing claims and litigation on behalf of the client
• advice on industry-specific regulatory matters, such as competition law, advertising law and consumer protection rules
• ongoing availability for the smaller, everyday legal questions that arise in the course of business operations