Outside General Counsel
Most legal problems are cheaper as questions. The outside general counsel relationship gives your company what larger companies get from an in-house lawyer — a standing counsel who already knows your structure, contracts, people, and risk tolerance — without the payroll. The firm serves as outside general counsel to emerging technology, SaaS, and digital platform companies through the business lifecycle, and to closely held businesses that have outgrown episodic legal help: contracts reviewed before signature, governance kept current, negotiations supported, and the specialist referrals quarterbacked when a matter needs one.
Standing company-counsel relationships are particularly useful for:
Family-owned and closely held businesses
Franchisees and multi-location operators
Restaurant, hospitality, recreation, and consumer-service companies
SaaS, technology, digital-platform, and IP-intensive companies
Professional practices
Real estate ownership and operating groups
Companies managing recurring leases, contracts, workforce issues, financing, and disputes
Services
FIVE ITEMS- Contract review, negotiation, and playbook maintenance
- Governance upkeep — consents, minutes, annual requirements
- Commercial strategy: customer contracting, risk allocation, vendor terms
- Coordination of specialist counsel (securities, prosecution, defense) when needed
- Quarterly legal-health reviews
Representative Experience
TWO MATTERSOutside general counsel to an AI-driven startup — commercial contracting infrastructure, IP ownership and licensing, founder and contractor documentation, and commercialization strategy.
Outside general counsel to a technology-enabled education platform — multi-entity structure, intercompany licensing, governance, and strategic partnership agreements.
Representative matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Process
FOUR STEPSOnboarding audit
Entity, contracts, IP, workforce, and compliance, reviewed once and mapped.
Baseline fixes
The gaps worth closing immediately.
Standing cadence
A defined channel, response standard, and monthly rhythm.
Quarterly review
What changed in the business, and what the documents must catch up to.
FAQs
THREE QUESTIONSWhat does an OGC arrangement cost?
Predictable — that’s the point. Scope and cadence are set at onboarding, in writing, and revisited quarterly.
We have a lawyer for deals already. Why this?
Deal counsel sees your company for a transaction; standing counsel sees it continuously. The value is in what gets caught early.
Is this only for tech companies?
No — the model fits any business with recurring legal surface: contracts, people, property, or investors. Technology companies are simply where the firm has built it most fully.