LEGAL & COMPLIANCE · FRACTIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL
Fractional General Counsel: experienced legal leadership on a part-time basis.
You need the experience of a General Counsel, but not a full-time hire. Alpinum provides suitable legal executives for an agreed part-time scope. The Fractional GC works with your management and your teams; your company manages the engagement.
This model is suitable for companies with recurring legal tasks that want to integrate experienced support in a predictable way. Tasks, weekly scope, availability, and decision-making authority are defined before starting.
When a Fractional GC is the right fit for your company.
Growing companies
As contracts, customer requirements, and internal legal questions increase, an experienced professional can organize these matters and support your teams within the agreed scope.
Legal expertise without the need for full-time staff
For companies that regularly require senior legal leadership experience but whose needs do not yet justify a full-time position. The scope is based on workload and priorities.
Transition to an in-house legal function
Temporary support can help with establishing workflows, defining a future role profile, and handing over to a permanent hire later on.
What tasks you can agree upon.
Contracts and business processes
Prioritization of contract requests, coordination with Sales and Procurement, and further development of templates and approval processes.
Managing legal matters
Coordination with external law firms, preparation of decision-making materials, and alignment of legal risks with the responsible parties.
Structure for day-to-day operations
Clear points of contact, recurring check-ins, and transparent overviews of open issues. Areas of expertise and required qualifications determine the profile.
Part-time work requires clear agreements.
Define fixed working days or hourly quotas, points of contact, escalation paths, and how to handle urgent requests. There is no automatic on-call availability outside the agreed scope. Additional specialized legal questions or litigation representation may require separate expertise.
How we find the right support.
01 · Requirements and profile
We clarify tasks, expertise, seniority, languages, workload, and timeframe. The country of operation and working model are incorporated into the planning.
02 · Selection and preparation
You speak with selected candidates and decide who fits your team. We coordinate the selection, agreed-upon vetting, and contract processing.
03 · Deployment and handover
Your company manages the professional collaboration. Alpinum handles the agreed-upon administration. Access, reporting, and handover are defined in advance.
Frequently asked questions.
What does Fractional General Counsel mean?
An experienced legal executive works for your company on an agreed part-time basis. At Alpinum, you get the right person for this role; management and business decisions remain with you.
How does this differ from an Interim Head of Legal?
"Fractional" primarily describes a part-time scope. An Interim Head of Legal typically bridges a time-limited leadership role or vacancy and can be deployed on a part-time or full-time basis.
Is this an outsourced legal department?
Our service is the provision of specialists and executives. Alpinum does not assume independent responsibility for your legal function. The scope, responsibilities, and professional supervision are agreed upon for the deployed individual.
The right engagement model.
Closely integrated temporary tasks and independent project work require different contract models. We will clarify with you which model is available in the country of operation and best suited for the actual collaboration.
Let's discuss your requirements.
Tell us about the tasks, required experience, weekly hours, and timeframe. You will receive selected profiles within 48 hours; the start date is agreed upon following selection, availability, contract, and onboarding.