A General Counsel, on a monthly fixed fee.
Ongoing legal leadership from a lawyer who has held the GC seat at technology companies. You get one accountable lead for commercial, board, and compliance questions, a firm that keeps a record of your prior positions and decisions and applies them consistently, and specialists engaged and supervised when a matter needs them.
Fee basis: Monthly fixed fee, scoped in writing.
Built for companies in this position.
- Companies that need senior legal judgment regularly but not a full-time hire.
- Founders and CEOs who are acting as their own General Counsel.
- Boards and investors who want a named legal lead at the company.
- Companies between General Counsels, or preparing to hire one.
The work product, not a time entry.
A standing legal lead for commercial, board, investor, and compliance questions, with specialists engaged and supervised when a matter needs them.
- 01
A named legal lead
One attorney who knows your company, attends the meetings that need a lawyer, and owns the legal follow-up.
Standing role - 02
Board and investor support
Board materials, consents, investor questions, and the legal side of financing conversations.
Board-ready drafts - 03
Commercial escalations
The customer and vendor problems, renegotiations, and non-standard deals that need judgment before they become disputes.
Advice · drafts - 04
Policies and compliance triage
Company policies drafted or reviewed, and compliance questions sorted into what needs action now, what can wait, and what needs a specialist.
Policy · memo - 05
A record of your positions
Decisions, accepted terms, and prior advice are kept for your account, so the answer next quarter is consistent with the answer this quarter.
Matter history - 06
Specialist management
When a matter needs outside counsel, we scope it, engage the right firm, and supervise the work and the bills.
Engagement · oversight
What the fee covers, and what it does not.
Scope is written down before work starts. Anything in the third column is discussed and agreed with you in writing before we do it.
- Commercial strategy and deal structure
- Board and investor matters
- Customer and vendor escalations
- Company policies
- Compliance triage
- Engaging and supervising outside specialists
- Employment law matters (referred out)
- Personal injury matters (referred out)
- Personal legal matters of founders or employees
- Financing rounds and M&A transactions
- Recurring contract volume (Commercial Contracts or Contract Systems)
- Formal disputes (Business Disputes)
- Specialist work performed by outside counsel
The sequence, step by step.
- 01Together
Intake and scoping
We learn the company, its open matters, and what you expect to need, and set the monthly scope in writing.
- 02We do
Legal inventory
We review your existing agreements, governance documents, and policies and list what needs attention, in priority order.
- 03Together
Standing cadence
A regular check-in with leadership, plus a channel for questions as they come up.
- 04We do
Work and escalate
We handle matters inside the monthly scope, and bring decisions to you with a recommendation.
- 05Together
Review scope
We review the scope with you periodically and adjust it, in writing, when your needs change.
Timing depends on the matter, the documents, and how quickly decisions come back. We agree on expectations in the written scope.
What we refer out
Applied Legal does not handle these matters. When one comes up, we help you find and engage appropriate counsel.
- Employment law (either side)Referred out
- Personal injuryReferred out
- Immigration, family, and criminal mattersReferred out
If one of these is true, it is time to talk.
Send a short description through the intake form, or call. The next step is a short call, then a written scope.
- 01The CEO is reading contracts and board consents at night.
- 02A board meeting or financing conversation needs a lawyer in the room.
- 03A key customer or vendor relationship is heading toward a dispute.
- 04You are paying several outside firms and nobody is coordinating them.
- 05You need a policy or compliance answer and do not know who to ask.
How the fee is set.
Monthly fixed fee, scoped in writing.
One monthly fee, set in writing after a conversation about your company and what you expect to need. Outside specialists engaged for you are disclosed and agreed with you in writing first.
What clients ask before they call.
Often paired with Outside General Counsel
Commercial Contracts
Agreements negotiated, drafted, and reviewed by lawyers who read every line.
Business Disputes
Business-side disputes, prepared from the whole record and resolved with the deal in mind.
Formation & Governance
Entities, founding agreements, and governance built to hold up later.
Tell us what is happening. A lawyer will reply.
Use the intake form to describe the agreement, the dispute, or the question. EJ reviews each submission and replies to set up a short call. If a deadline is days away, call instead.