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Outsourced General Counsel Consulting

Small and medium businesses that do not have the revenue and volume to justify their own in-house general counsel consulting team often do not get the timely legal advice they need because (a) they are concerned about the cost of being charged every time they pick up the phone to talk with their lawyer, and (b) when they do get their lawyer involved for corporate counseling, there is often substantial time and expense in bringing him or her up to speed on the current state of their business. As a result, legal work is usually done on a crisis basis, reacting to problems, when spending a similar amount of money on a preventive basis would avoid most of the crises. Those crises that do occur will be managed more efficiently, and the business will be on a sounder legal footing for major events such as a capital raise or an acquisition.

Learn More about Our Corporate Counseling Services

HortenCC offers the equivalent of outsourced general counsel consulting at a flat monthly fee. Our outsourced corporate counseling services include:

Client access to a highly experienced business lawyer for quick responses to routine issues without worrying about hourly charges
Regular general counsel consulting to keep abreast of current business activities and strategies, including regular meetings with management and attending meetings of the board of directors
Corporate counseling that includes selecting and managing other specialized legal resources outside of our firm’s expertise, including framing the issues and managing the engagement to maximize results and minimize costs

We have a network of specialist resources available to provide expertise, if required, outside our core areas of corporate counseling. We manage these resources so that our clients receive seamless advice and service. This enables us to offer complete general counsel consulting provided by individuals whom we regard as the most appropriate under the circumstances, rather than simply the most convenient. The relationships we have developed and our understanding of how those firms operate enable us to negotiate competitive rates for our clients’ work. We have also established a network of relationships with top-tier angel investors, venture capital firms, incubators, accelerators, business consultants and other business service resources that can provide assistance to our clients on non-legal issues alongside or independently from our corporate counseling.

By taking advantage of outsourced general counsel consulting from HortenCC, a company can have the efficiency and strategic guidance of an in-house general counsel without paying a full-time salary or premium law firm fees.