Fractional General Counsel · Calgary
Fractional General Counsel in Calgary
Growth doesn’t wait for a quarterly legal review, and most scaling companies hit the point where ad-hoc advice isn’t enough but a full-time general counsel isn’t yet justified. Fractional general counsel closes that gap: senior legal judgment embedded in your business, on a predictable monthly basis, for the decisions that can’t wait.
What we handle
The GC function, on a monthly basis
Senior legal judgment embedded in the business, on a predictable monthly basis, for the decisions that can’t wait.
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Day-to-day counsel
Contract review and negotiation, vendor and customer matters, employment questions, the legal work that piles up as you scale, handled as it arises.
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Board & executive advisory
Governance, board materials, and the strategic legal input your leadership needs to make confident decisions.
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Compliance & risk
Compliance programs, risk audits, and the proactive work that keeps regulators satisfied and exposure contained before a gap becomes a problem.
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Specialist escalation
When a matter needs a specialist, M&A, litigation, tax, we coordinate it, so you get the right expertise without managing a panel of firms yourself.
What it costs vs. a full-time hire
A full-time general counsel in Canada runs $200,000–$350,000+ in salary plus benefits. Fractional engagements typically run a fixed monthly fee scaled to your needs, often a fraction of that cost, with senior judgment available the day you need it. You get the GC function without the GC overhead.
Common questions
Fractional GC, answered
What is a fractional general counsel?
A senior lawyer who acts as your company’s general counsel on a part-time, ongoing basis, embedded in the business and available for day-to-day decisions, without the cost of a full-time executive hire.
When does a company need one?
Usually when legal questions are frequent enough that one-off advice is slow and expensive, but not yet enough to justify a full-time hire, often during a growth phase, a financing, or in the run-up to a sale.
How is it different from hiring a firm per matter?
Per-matter work is reactive and transactional, you call when something breaks. Fractional GC is proactive and continuous: we know your business, anticipate the issues, and are already up to speed when a decision arrives.
Start here
Senior legal judgment, on tap, without the in-house cost
Tell us what’s landing on your desk and we’ll scope a fractional engagement around it.