Leveraging extensive industry proven legal experience, L&C In-House Counsel’s services are value-based and make it possible for your company to benefit from having an experienced in-house counsel working closely with your management team on a part-time, as needed, cost effective, outsourced basis. With a forward-looking approach, our goal is to build an effective and enduring working relationship to help your company manage legal risks and provide strategic, business savvy counsel.
THE L&C IN-HOUSE COUNSEL’S OFFER
We gain knowledge of your business, products, services, vision, strategy and priorities. We assist you and your team in thinking through important decisions, putting together and executing action plans and always mitigating your risks. Whenever possible we work with you on-site keeping costs low while allowing for a superior understanding of your business and organization and a better inclusion and effective communication with your teams.
We “hit the ground running” and contribute from day 1 to handle your day-to-day legal needs (e.g. contracts and commercial matters, competition issues, IP protection, corporate, leases, pre-litigation dispute resolution).
We work with you and your teams on the legal foundation of your business by implementing procedures and programs including training (e.g.: Contract, IP or Litigation data base and related procedures; Governance; Compliance; Data Protection).
We assist with special projects (e.g.: Restructuring, Due diligence, M&A, negotiation and closing of complex international business transactions, distribution network, licensing, litigation) when needed.
We bring on board our know-how acquired within multinational corporations when reporting, coordination and interaction with various internal and external customers, all of which are key factors of success.
THE L&C IN-HOUSE COUNSEL’S DIAGNOSTIC
We offer a structured process that gives management an impartial view of their company's business, legal risks and the company's current efforts to manage those risks. With fresh eyes from an “outside perspective” we offer challenging and valuable insights. The L&C In-House Counsel’s Diagnostic is an excellent way (i) to do a focused, efficient inventory of both business risks and legal issues that should be addressed on a proactive basis and (ii) to provide a method that identifies and prioritizes risk management activities, actions to be taken and the scope of our work. Such actions may include developing Policies and dispensing Training we can assist you with.
THE L&C NETWORKING
When necessary, we partner with your existing outside Counsels or with the network of legal and compliance specialists across EMEA and beyond we developed over the years. We bring added value to that relationship by optimizing our clients needs, saving executives’ time by translating and preparing requirements to outside Counsels, gathering information and coordinating their work, controlling legal fees and always getting the most out of high-priced specialists. For corporations with no regional in-house legal staff, we act as your In-house legal Counsel in liaison with the Corporate General Counsel, regional and local managements performing day-to-day general legal work and managing the legal services provided by outside Counsels. When corporations already have an in-house staff, we can assist at a much lower cost than traditional law firms and effectively work with your teams on special projects or assist with day to day operations.
A CLEAR FEE STRUCTURE
Generally, we agree on a negotiated daily, weekly or monthly fee based on the scope of work and agreed number of day(s) per week or months dedicated to the client on a Retainer basis. For the Diagnostic or other project-based services, a pre-determined Fixed Fee or Budget Fee is agreed upon. When there is no pre-arranged time commitment or the services rendered are out of the scope of the work agreed upon, our lean cost structure enables us to offer a quite competitive hourly rate for a high level of expertise.