Outsourced general counsel

Engaging an external general counsel makes good business sense

Adding a go-to general counsel services is a smarter way for a business to engage lawyers or supplement your existing legal team. It can provide easy access and quick responses to legal questions and risk advice.

Many businesses require on-demand legal support but don’t have room in their headcount for a full time/ part time lawyer on staff. There are also times when in-house legal teams need additional support through peak times and for specific projects.

This is where Art & Commerce’s outsourced general counsel service can assist.

Working with you externally or on-site, Art & Commerce is experienced in providing external general counsel and specific matter support services to businesses that need to free up resources and get the matter resolved in a timely and practical manner. We can also assist with matters across a range of specific practice areas, from drafting and negotiating contracts, employment issues, leases, intellectual property, consumer law and disputes.

Our lawyers based in Melbourne, can provide day to day or project based legal support to your team without having to brief a lawyer and explain the nuances of the company and your industry each time you have a new matter.

Flexible fee structures can allow fixed fee project based billing, fixed period or ongoing retainer options that fit with your business’ cashflow requirements.

We also conduct legal health checks – reviewing and updating company legal documents and policies to align with current industry and regulatory requirements.

What does an external in-house or general counsel lawyer do, our services include:

Advising clients on an on-going basis about day-to-day commercial matters

We provide flexible, cost-effective solutions for accessing high-quality legal services, enhancing compliance, managing risks, and supporting strategic business decisions.

Marketing copy reviews and providing consumer law advice

We understand that brands often avoid lawyers and like sailing close to the wind. Like you, we are commercial. That means we provide clients with prudent and pragmatic advice to help them reach new creative and commercial goals.

Drafting and reviewing company trading terms and legal agreements

Our legal drafting and document review services ensure that business transactions and relationships are clearly defined, legally binding, and protect our client’s interests.

Employment law

Our employment law practice brings years of experience in legal compliance drafting and reviewing new employment agreements, disputes, terminations, redundances and workplace issues.

Retail and commercial leasing

Our leasing practice assists clients with drafting and reviewing new leases, breaches, terminations, renewals and transfers and ensuring regulatory compliance, resolving disputes, and managing risks.

Intellectual property advice, rights management and licensing services

Providing timely advice on how to protect and leverage IP assets, including trade marks, designs copyrights, and trade secrets. We provide expert legal advice tailored to the client’s specific IP needs and goals, helping them make informed decisions about protecting, managing, and licensing their IP portfolios.

Secondments

We assist with on-site temporary secondments providing backfill and specialised project-based services.

Company secretariat/governance support

We help our clients to manage corporate compliance by advising on board procedures, preparing documentation, maintaining records, ensuring adherence to legal and regulatory requirements and enhancing corporate governance practices.

Staff legal information and compliance training sessions

We prepare and present beginner and expert-level seminars and webinars tailored to their business/ industry to help our client’s teams understand their legal obligations and learn practical ways to perform their roles while reducing risks and maintaining legal compliance.

Our services are tailored to your business needs, whether that be a single focus matter or general legal support.

We support businesses both with and without internal lawyers. We can also assist other law firms on a project basis.

Art & Commerce provide exceptional service levels that are responsive to the legal support your business needs.

What we do for you

We bring experience and understanding. We listen, consider, advise and then act.

We work hard to help you achieve your company’s legal and commercial objectives and complete your matter promptly for a reasonable fee. What are you waiting for?

Book a meeting

Would you like to discuss an outsourced general counsel arrangement with us?

3 steps to action your legal matter.

1

Book an appointment for a free 15 minute consultation.
2

We will provide you with a scope of work and a fixed fee proposal for your review and approval.
3

Once engaged to act, we will promptly start working on your matter. Book an appointment or contact us now here.