General Counsel

Your fractional legal partner.

A fractional General Counsel is a senior lawyer who works for your business on a part-time basis, so you only pay for the legal help you actually need rather than a full-time salary.

You benefit from a flexible, project-based consultant without the cost of a full-time executive salary.

Efficient in-house legal expertise, flexibly delivered.

Specialist General Counsel services with commercial solutions that help you do business, meet your compliance obligations and manage risk.

20+ years in the legal industry

No additional headcount

Fixed scope, transparent pricing

Our approach

We do things differently.

We are not a traditional legal provider. We learn how you operate, what you are building, and where you are headed, so the advice we give is genuinely tailored rather than generic.

We speak your language, not legalese. We focus on solutions that move your business forward rather than creating unnecessary complexity. Whether we work alongside an existing in-house team or step in as your dedicated legal function, we integrate without friction and without adding headcount.

You will always know what you are getting. We are clear on scope, transparent on pricing, and we stick to what we agree. No surprises and no overruns. Where specialist law firm expertise is required, we bridge that gap for you so you get the right advice at the right cost.

Strategic commercial advice

Legal thinking aligned with business outcomes.

Embedded partnership

We work with you like part of your team.

Pragmatic experience

Senior in-house support with real world expertise.

Responsive by design

We know what businesses want from legal, and we are built to provide it.

Practical. Commercial. Always in your corner.

Who we are

Business focused legal support.

With extensive in-house legal backgrounds, our team provides pragmatic advice that protects your business while supporting its growth. We support businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to start-ups and SMEs, across a range of sectors. Whether or not you have an internal legal team, we integrate seamlessly, taking the lead at your request or partnering closely behind the scenes.

Tamara King

Founder and General Counsel

Vasili Palios

Founder and General Counsel

Supported by paralegal and junior legal capability for research, document preparation and contract administration.

Business services

Five ways we work with you.

Full service detail

Legal support

The full spectrum of commercial legal matters, handled as an extension of your organisation.

Fractional GC

Senior counsel at board and executive level, without a full time hire.

Legal operations

Self serve processes, legal tech, training and templates that build your capability.

Bridging to law firms

We identify, brief and manage specialist firms on your behalf, to your budget.

Back office partners

Trusted partners across HR, finance, operations, data security and marketing.

Industry updates

We publish on LinkedIn.

Commentary on commercial legal, governance and legal tech developments, kept in one place so it is always current.

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Tell us what you need.

Email legal@fractionalgc.com.au

Name Company Email Phone

What do you need help with Preferred time for a call Brief detail

Your enquiry goes to Tamara and Vasili by email. Nothing you send here creates a lawyer and client relationship.

Services

Senior legal capability, sized to your business.

Every engagement is scoped to what your business actually needs. Below is the range we cover, how we structure the work, and what sits inside a typical scope.

Key benefits

Access to a General Counsel with more than 20 years in the legal industry.

A corporate, commercial and compliance partner who sits in your management team.

Cost containment and budget predictability.

The credibility of a law firm, with access to the breadth of its legal resources.

Legal support

Your business faces legal questions every day. Contracts to negotiate, data to protect, intellectual property to safeguard, compliance to navigate. We handle the full spectrum of commercial legal matters as a true extension of your organisation. The focus is practical: identifying risk, protecting what matters, and giving you clear guidance that keeps the business on solid ground.

Fractional General Counsel

Sometimes you need more than legal advice, you need legal leadership. We provide senior counsel at board and executive level, stepping in as your Fractional GC to guide governance, manage risk and bring strategic legal thinking to the table. All the expertise of a seasoned General Counsel, without the overhead of a full time hire.

Legal operational solutions

Good legal support should not create dependency, it should build capability. We work with your teams to implement lasting solutions: self serve processes, legal technology, practical training and ready to use templates that put more control in your hands. Whether you are streamlining an existing function or building an in-house legal team from scratch, we will help you get there.

Bridging to law firms

Some matters require specialist or reserved legal services, and when they do we make sure you are in the right hands. We identify, brief and manage specialist law firms on your behalf, ensuring they understand your business, your objectives and your budget. You get the expertise you need without the complexity of navigating it alone.

Back office partners

Legal is one piece of the puzzle. Through our network of trusted partners we can connect you with business ready expertise across HR, finance, sales and operations, data security and marketing, so you can get the right help in one call.

Legal tech and fintech

Where law, finance and technology meet.

We work with technology and financial services businesses on the commercial and regulatory questions that come with building in a fast moving market. Our people have worked inside these businesses, so we understand the product, the pace and the expectations of regulators and enterprise customers.

Regulatory and licensing pathways

Product, data and privacy by design

Platform, partner and reseller contracting

How we engage

Commitment levels and terms.

You choose the level of commitment that suits your workload, on a fixed term with reassessment and renewal at the end. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before we start.

hours a week

Three month term Six month term Twelve month term

Scope of services

Tailored to your business, commonly including:

Day to day counsel

Legal counselling by phone and email

Risk identification and mitigation

Assessing deal terms

Legal technology and fintech matters

Data security and data privacy

NDAs, confidentiality and invention assignment

People and governance

Offer letters and employment agreements

Contractor agreements and negotiations

Corporate governance management

Company formation, management and renewal

Board and shareholder meetings and consents

Stock option plans and capitalisation tables

Contracts and transactions

Negotiating and drafting contracts

Software and technology agreements

Distribution, agency, property and franchising

Master and professional services agreements

Vendor and supplier agreements

Seed stage financing, leases and equipment

Not sure which level you need?

Send us a short brief and we will come back with a scope, a term and a fee.

Request a proposal