Fractional General Counsel

• Acting as a trusted adviser to the CEO and leadership team on material legal risks, opportunities and strategic decisions.
• Embedding early with commercial teams so that legal considerations inform business decisions.

• Negotiating and reviewing significant contracts, including customer, supplier and partnership agreements.
• Building contract playbooks, templates and approval workflows, including the deployment of AI agents.

Board governance support including preparing board materials, advising directors on fiduciary duties, maintaining statutory compliance and company secretarial obligations. For listed or investor-backed companies, this extends to continuous disclosure obligations and regulator-facing governance (ASX, ASIC and equivalent).

• Designing risk management frameworks proportionate to the business, and compliance monitoring workflows (which can be deployed via AI agents).
• Advising on privacy and data protection compliance (Privacy Act, GDPR, cross-border data transfer), Australian Consumer Law compliance for consumer-facing businesses and employment law and WHS monitoring.

• Protecting, registering and leveraging IP assets, proprietary technology and brand equity, including managing IP risk inside customer arrangements, partnerships and technology integrations.
• Overseeing disputes, investigations and litigation strategy, making commercially-minded calls on escalation, settlement and risk tolerance.

• Employment contracts, contractor agreements and termination documentation.
• Advising on and managing employee relations, investigations and disputes.

• Structuring new market entry, distributor and channel agreements, and cross-border expansion frameworks.
• Legal support for M&A and strategic partnerships.

• Managing external counsel relationships and legal spend so specialist advice is used strategically.
• Building, selecting and deploying legal tech and AI tools as the function scales.