Outside Fractional General Counsel Pricing Tiers

Who Fractional General Counsel Is For

Fractional General Counsel is designed for companies that:

  • Are scaling revenue and headcount

  • Are negotiating increasingly material contracts

  • Are raising capital or preparing to

  • Want legal strategy integrated into leadership decisions

  • Need executive-level oversight without full-time overhead

If you are looking for one-off document review or defined scope strategic engagements, this model is likely not the right fit.

Tier 1: Counsel Access

For founder-led companies that need reliable legal judgment without full integration.

Designed for companies in early growth stages that want consistent legal guidance and risk oversight, but with moderate operational complexity.

Includes:

  • Ongoing strategic legal guidance

  • Review and negotiation of routine commercial agreements

  • Employment and operational issue-spotting

  • Up to 2 scheduled strategy calls per month

  • Defined response window (within two business days)

  • Unlimited reasonable email guidance

Best for:
Founder-led companies with steady but manageable legal flow.

Starting at $3,500/month

Tier 2: Operating GC

For growing companies scaling revenue, headcount, and contract activity.

Designed for businesses negotiating regularly, hiring actively, and increasing operational complexity.

Includes:

  • Embedded oversight across commercial contracts and employment matters

  • Proactive risk flagging and consistency alignment

  • Governance and documentation review

  • Negotiation strategy support

  • Up to 4 scheduled integration calls per month

  • Accelerated response (within one business day)

  • Unlimited reasonable email guidance

Best for:
Growth-stage companies that need legal thinking integrated into operations — not just document review.

Starting at $7,500/month

Tier 3: Strategic GC

For scaling companies requiring leadership-level legal architecture.

Designed for companies preparing for capital raises, expansion, increased regulatory exposure, or long-term exit positioning.

Includes:

  • Integrated legal strategy across leadership decisions

  • Contract ecosystem alignment and leverage protection

  • Governance structure oversight

  • Litigation-risk foresight and privilege-sensitive communication routing

  • Investor-facing document readiness

  • Oversight and coordination of outside firms when needed

  • Up to 6 strategic integration sessions per month

  • Priority response

Best for:
Companies that want legal strategy embedded in growth — not layered on top of it.

Starting at $12,500–$15,000/month

Tier 4: Executive / Portfolio GC

For PE-backed or high-growth companies requiring board-level integration.

Designed for companies operating at higher complexity, multi-jurisdiction exposure, or active capital strategy.

Includes:

  • Executive team integration

  • Board meeting preparation and participation (as appropriate)

  • Capital raise and acquisition readiness oversight

  • Cross-functional risk architecture

  • Oversight of outside counsel and specialist bench

  • High-stakes negotiation leadership

  • Dedicated strategic planning sessions

  • Priority executive-level access

Best for:
Companies that require part-time Chief Legal Officer-level leadership without full-time executive overhead.

Starting at $18,000–$25,000+/month (custom scoped)

Scope Parameters

Retainers are designed to cover ongoing commercial, employment, governance, and operational legal needs typical for growth-stage businesses.

The following are scoped separately:

  • Financings and capital raises

  • M&A transactions

  • Active litigation

  • Highly specialized regulatory matters

  • Enterprise-level or bespoke agreements outside ordinary course operations

If contract volume or complexity materially exceeds expectations, tier alignment may be revisited.

Schedule a Consultation
Schedule a Consultation