Fractional General Counsel — Sydney
Senior in-house legal support for Sydney businesses, on a fixed monthly retainer. Embedded in your team, capped in cost, and available when the deal actually needs to close.
Fixed fee. Senior lawyer.
Every engagement is quoted upfront and led by a senior lawyer — never a paralegal-first pipeline.
- hello@envisionlegal.com.au
- Sydney · Melbourne · National
How we help
What we handle for you.
Concrete deliverables — not a general "advice" retainer. Each item can be scoped as a one-off fixed-fee package or bundled into a monthly counsel arrangement.
01
Fixed monthly retainer
A defined bundle of hours each month — used across contracts, advice, board papers and commercial risk. No surprise invoices, no six-minute billing units.
02
Contract review & negotiation
Customer, supplier, reseller and partnership contracts turned around inside your sales cycle — not blocking it.
03
Board & governance support
Board packs, resolutions, director duties reminders, conflicts registers and constitutional questions handled as part of the retainer.
04
Employment & contractor issues
Contracts, restraints, terminations, contractor-vs-employee calls, and pre-litigation Fair Work strategy.
05
Privacy, IP & regulatory
Privacy Act uplift, IP protection, sector regulation (financial services, health, education, tech) and incident response.
06
Escalation path to specialists
Where a matter needs a specialist (M&A, litigation, tax), we scope it and manage the external spend on your behalf.
Who this is for
Clients we work best with.
- Sydney SMEs $2m–$50m turnover with regular contract volume
- Funded startups between seed and Series B
- Founders who want one senior lawyer, not a rotating team of juniors
- Businesses replacing ad-hoc firm work with a predictable monthly spend
How we work
No surprises. Ever.
Fixed fees quoted upfront. Senior lawyer on every file. Clear next steps at every stage.
01 — Brief
Send a short brief or book a 15-minute call. We'll confirm scope and what you actually need — often that's less than you think.
02 — Fixed-fee quote
You get a written scope and a fixed fee before we start. No hourly billing, no scope-creep invoices.
03 — Senior lawyer, on the tools
The lawyer you scoped with is the lawyer doing the work. We turn drafts around fast and stay reachable throughout.
FAQs
Common questions.
- What does a fractional GC actually do?
- Everything an in-house lawyer would do for a business at your stage — contracts, commercial risk, board support, HR issues, IP, privacy — but on a monthly retainer with a defined scope, instead of a full-time salary.
- How is this different from just using a law firm?
- A traditional firm bills per matter and per six-minute unit. Fractional GC is a fixed monthly fee, embedded in your business, learning your product and customers so advice comes without the ramp-up every time.
- Who's this best for?
- Sydney businesses roughly $2m–$50m turnover, or funded startups post seed. Big enough that legal is a regular monthly workload; not yet big enough to hire a full-time GC at $250k+ base.
- What's the minimum term?
- 3 months to prove the value, then month-to-month. We don't lock clients in with long retainers — the model works or it doesn't.
Talk to us
Legal built for fractional general counsel — sydney.
Send us a note about what you're working on. We'll respond within one business day and, if we're a fit, book a free 15-minute consultation with a senior lawyer.