Business Advisor

Legal insight and business strategy, working together

As your Business Advisor, SHS Legal brings three connected areas of support into a single advisory relationship. Instead of treating legal and business decisions separately, we help you strengthen compliance, tighten your contracts, and make sharper strategic decisions — all reinforcing the same goals.

Core areas

Three connected areas of support

Most engagements draw on all three, weighted to what your business needs most right now.

01

Compliance & risk

We help you understand and reduce the risks that can quietly undermine a business — regulatory, ethical, operational, and contractual — and translate them into clear, prioritized next steps.

  • Review current practices, documents, and workflows for risk exposure.
  • Identify gaps in compliance awareness relevant to your industry and model.
  • Prioritize what to address first, and outline a practical path forward.
  • Flag where specialized regulatory or licensing counsel may be needed.
02

Contracts & legal infrastructure

Your agreements define your most important relationships. We help you strengthen the documents that govern your client, vendor, and internal relationships so they reflect how you actually operate.

  • Draft and review client agreements, engagement letters, and statements of work.
  • Improve vendor, contractor, referral, and internal agreements.
  • Clarify scope, payment terms, boundaries, and expectations.
  • Align contract language with your real-world processes and risk tolerance.
03

Business strategy & coaching

Better decisions compound over time. We provide steady, practical guidance on the choices that shape your business — with the accountability to follow through.

  • Refine positioning, offers, packaging, and pricing.
  • Improve workflows, delegation, and day-to-day operations.
  • Support leadership, hiring, and growth decisions.
  • Provide ongoing accountability and a sounding board for key moves.
Monthly memberships

Choose the level of support that fits

Work with your Business Advisor through a monthly advisory membership, with fixed-fee add-ons available for specific projects. Every engagement is scoped in advance, so you always know what's included before you begin.

Foundation

Operational essentials

Starting at$4,000/month

Best for small businesses, startups, solo founders, and newer practices building their foundation.

Typically includes

  • Ongoing strategic and operational guidance
  • Foundational contract and document support
  • Compliance awareness for your model
  • Regular advisory check-ins
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Executive

Business Consultant

Starting at$12,500/month

Best for established firms, multi-location businesses, and acquisition-focused companies.

Everything in Growth, plus

  • Business consulting level partnership
  • High-touch, priority advisory access
  • Leadership, growth, and expansion strategy
  • Support for complex or multi-entity decisions
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Membership inclusions are tailored to each client and confirmed in your engagement agreement.

Add-ons & projects

Fixed-fee project work

Need help with a specific project? These can be added to a membership or scoped as standalone engagements. Prices are starting points and are confirmed after an initial review.

Initial strategy consultation

$350 – $750

A focused session to assess your situation and outline next steps.

Credited toward a membership if you move forward.

Contract drafting$750 – $5,000
Business infrastructure audit$7,500+
Compliance audit$5,000+
Risk assessment audit$10,000+
Employee handbook review$500 – $2,500
Practice launch package$10,000+
Franchise readiness audit$5,000+
Operational workflow buildout$2,500 – $15,000
Also available

Fractional General Counsel

Executive-level legal leadership for a predictable monthly investment — without the cost of a full-time General Counsel. SHS Legal becomes an extension of your leadership team, covering contracts, operations, employment and HR, risk and compliance, and strategic growth.

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How it works

A clear, structured engagement

Start with a strategy call
01

Discovery

A focused conversation about your business, goals, current challenges, and areas of concern.

02

Assessment & plan

We review the relevant documents, workflows, and processes, then prioritize what needs attention.

03

Implementation

We turn the plan into action through contract work, workflow improvements, and decision support.

04

Ongoing advisory

Continued support as the business grows, hires, adds services, or faces new decisions.

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Not sure which area to start with?

Most owners aren't — that's what the first conversation is for. We'll help you identify where the biggest opportunities and risks are, and recommend a scope that fits. Questions first? Read the FAQ or see who we typically work with.