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.
Know what you need? Request a fixed-fee quote and upload your documents. Not sure of scope? Book a short call with a senior lawyer instead.
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.
Two ways to start
Get a fixed fee before any work starts.
Answer five short questions, attach your documents if you have them, and a senior lawyer replies with the scope and the price.
Know what you need? Request a fixed-fee quote and upload your documents. Not sure of scope? Book a short call with a senior lawyer instead.