You know you would benefit from having a business-minded lawyer who understands your company’s competitive landscape to help guide you on your company’s most important matters. Hiring an experienced general counsel full-time may not be practical for your company, but relying on traditional outside counsel often winds up being even more expensive.
GeneralCounselWest was formed to help emerging and fast-growing companies like yours benefit from having a strategic business lawyer on the team, without having to hire someone full-time. A lawyer who not only knows the laws relevant for your industry, but has spent the time developing a deep understanding of your business and who can be an effective advocate for your company in a variety of situations.
When you hire us to serve as your outside general counsel, you will have access to top-tier general counsel services, but on an as-needed basis without incurring a permanent addition to your overhead. You will be choosing to use our services on those projects that are most leveraged for your business and where we can make a value-added contribution far in excess of our cost.
Testimonials
"Joe is one of those rare folks who is regularly the smartest, most disciplined and informed guys in the room, but still analytical and wise enough to listen intently to what others are saying so that he can incorporate new wisdom or information into his decisions. Through the concept of GeneralCounselWest, Joe is offering to the market a product that is not generally available - unbiased and cost effective internal legal function outsourcing. Using his expertise gathered from managing the legal [...]"
Michael Smith
Principal, Baker & McKenzie
