Fractional GC / Head of Legal

Senior leadership, without the permanent overhead.

Businesses don’t always need a full-time General Counsel or Head of Legal – but they will often benefit from the leadership, perspective, and credibility these roles provide. Our Fractional GC service gives organisations flexible access to senior legal leadership, ensuring strategic oversight, governance, and business alignment at critical moments as well as a confidential sounding board/safe space for sensitive discussions.
Delivered by in-house counsel experienced in operating at a C-suite level, our Fractional GCs and Heads of Legal operate on a part-time, interim, or project basis. Engagements are flexible and can be structured by days per week, fixed-term contracts, or ongoing retainers.
Experience

This service is used by:

  • Start-ups and scale-ups without a permanent GC.
  • Businesses in transition, such as during M&A, restructuring, or IPO.
  • Corporates needing interim cover for senior absence.
  • Legal functions requiring leadership during transformation or recruitment.
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  • Provide strategic legal leadership and board-level advice.
  • Supervise, mentor, and develop legal and business teams.
  • Oversee BAU legal delivery alongside strategic projects.
  • Support governance, compliance, and risk frameworks.
  • Manage recruitment, transition, and knowledge transfer.

Why Fractional GCs Matter

Senior legal leadership ensures alignment between business objectives and legal delivery. Without it, businesses risk gaps in governance, slower decision-making, and poor resource allocation. For organisations in transition, the absence of a strong GC or Head of Legal can have material impact on risk management and strategic execution.

How Maven Radd Helps

We provide highly experienced in-house lawyers who step directly into senior leadership roles. They operate as trusted advisors to boards and executives while managing the function day-to-day. Because they embed into the business culture, they can lead teams, oversee transactions, and manage governance with minimal disruption.

The Benefits of Fractional Leadership

Clients benefit from:

  • Continuity during recruitment or transition periods.
  • Strategic oversight without the cost of a permanent role.
  • Strategic legal leadership and trusted advisor to senior business leaders.
  • Team stability and mentoring, ensuring legal functions remain effective.

Client Impact in Practice

We have provided fractional GCs during business sales, restructurings, and major growth phases. Clients consistently highlight how our lawyers ensured continuity, strengthened governance, and improved team performance while enabling executives to focus on critical business outcomes.

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