A fractional General Counsel gives your company ongoing legal support without hiring a full-time in-house lawyer.

Instead of engaging a new lawyer every time something comes up, you work with a team that gets to know your business, understands your priorities and stays involved as you grow.

Usually when legal work stops being occasional.

You might be signing customer contracts regularly, hiring employees, bringing in investors or dealing with corporate approvals. As those matters become connected, having a legal team that understands the bigger picture makes a real difference.

A General Counsel helps you deal with those questions as part of running the business, rather than starting from scratch each time.

Each plan includes a monthly allowance for bespoke contract drafting and reviews, on-demand legal support hours, access to legal templates and a legal health check.

Depending on your plan, you may also receive support with incorporation, fundraising readiness, data room preparation, cap table management and corporate governance.

Your selected plan and Engagement Letter set out the exact services, allowances and fees.

Yes, really. We want you to be able to reach out when a legal question comes up, without wondering whether every email is worth sending.

There is no limit on the number of calls and emails. Each one includes up to 20 minutes of our time. Anything beyond that counts towards your monthly legal support hours.

Unlimited communication is subject to reasonable business use. It doesn't mean unlimited drafting or legal work.

We work smarter, not harder.

Seed&Scale was built for startups, so we've focused on making the legal work founders deal with most often more efficient.

We use technology, structured processes and a team familiar with startup legal matters. Just as importantly, our plans have clear monthly allowances, so we can provide ongoing support while keeping larger or more complex projects separate.

We can draft and review agreements used in the ordinary course of your business, including commercial, customer, supplier, employment and contractor agreements, within your plan's scope.

A standard review covers one agreement of up to 20 pages, including editing and negotiation, with up to two rounds of drafting.

Shareholder agreements, priced equity financing documents, foreign-law agreements and documents connected with litigation, arbitration or regulatory proceedings are outside the standard allowance.

General Counsel covers recurring legal work, but not every matter a company might face.

Shareholder agreements and priced equity round documents are excluded from the standard contract allowance. Regulatory matters, international structuring, M&A and dispute proceedings are also outside the standard plans.

We don't provide tax, financial or investment advice. Where specialist support is needed, we can discuss a separate project or coordinate with other advisers, as appropriate.

Yes. Depending on your plan, we can help with fundraising readiness, investor requests, data room organisation, cap table support and certain SAFE or convertible note documentation.

Full priced equity rounds, including shareholder agreements and other transaction documents, are handled separately.

That way, you can keep your regular legal support in place while agreeing a dedicated scope for the transaction itself.

We offer quarterly and annual commitments, depending on the arrangement you select.

Your Engagement Letter confirms the commitment period, monthly fee and allowances. Plans renew for the same period unless either side gives at least 30 days' written notice before the current period ends.

You can upgrade at any time. Downgrades take effect at the start of the next commitment period.

We start by reviewing your key corporate, contractual, employment and IP documents to understand where your company stands.

You'll receive a written summary of any gaps we identify and the legal priorities we recommend addressing first.

We revisit the health check quarterly, helping you stay on top of legal matters as your business grows.