Contracts & agreements
Draft, review, and negotiate the client, vendor, partner, and internal agreements that keep deals moving and protect your position.
Fractional General Counsel
Executive-level legal leadership, without the full-time cost
A Fractional General Counsel gives your business ongoing, 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, so legal judgment is in the room when decisions get made, not after.
What it is
A general counsel who knows your business
Growing companies eventually reach a point where one-off legal work stops keeping up: contracts pile up, employment questions recur, compliance obligations expand, and bigger strategic moves are on the horizon. Hiring a full-time General Counsel is expensive — but going without one means legal risk gets managed reactively.
A fractional arrangement closes that gap. You get a consistent, attorney-led partner who learns your business, sits alongside your leadership team, and handles the steady stream of legal and strategic questions that come with growth — at a fraction of the cost of an in-house hire.
Engagements are structured as an ongoing monthly relationship, scoped in advance so you always know what's included. Learn more about how our advisory memberships work.
What's covered
One relationship, full coverage
Your Fractional General Counsel covers the legal and strategic ground a growing business actually encounters — connected, not handled piecemeal.
Employment & HR
Practical guidance on hiring, employment agreements, policies, handbooks, and the people questions that come with a growing team.
Risk & compliance
Ongoing awareness of the regulatory, contractual, and operational risks relevant to your model — prioritized and addressed before they become problems.
Operations
Legal infrastructure that matches how you actually operate — workflows, approval processes, and documents that scale with the business.
Strategic growth
Counsel for the bigger moves — new offerings, key negotiations, expansion, acquisition readiness, or preparing the business for a sale.
A seat at the table
A consistent legal voice in leadership conversations, so decisions are made with the risks and opportunities already in view.
Predictable by design
Leadership-level counsel, on a monthly investment
Instead of unpredictable hourly bills or the salary of a full-time hire, a Fractional General Counsel engagement is a scoped monthly relationship. The right level of support depends on your size, deal volume, and goals — which is exactly what the first conversation is for.
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