Roles and practice areas: interim profiles for legal, compliance and operations

Interim head of legal: the first 30 days

What an interim head of legal agrees before the start, delivers in each of the first four weeks and presents to management on day 30.

From interim head of legal to permanent appointment: planning the transition

How companies plan the handover from an interim head of legal to a permanent head – with a handover pack, an overlap and a fixed handover date.

Interim corporate lawyers for M&A: tasks by deal phase, profile and selection

Which tasks interim corporate lawyers take on from due diligence to integration, and how to choose profile and seniority for each phase.

Legal capacity for carve-outs: workstreams, roles and timeline

Which legal tasks a carve-out creates, when capacity needs peak and how to run the workstreams and the team.

Corporate housekeeping after an acquisition

The corporate tasks that follow an acquisition – with a checklist for Switzerland and Germany and the key statutory provisions.

Restructuring and redundancies: planning employment law capacity

Collective dismissal thresholds, procedures and deadlines in Switzerland and Germany – and the team you need to deliver them.

Legal support for data protection projects: tasks, roles and phases

The legal tasks in a GDPR or Swiss DSG project, who does them and how the project runs.

Data protection for product launches: legal capacity for privacy by design

The data protection checks a new digital product needs before launch – with a phase plan and AI duties.

Legal operations as a project: building processes, metrics and tools

The five building blocks of legal operations, a 90-day plan and the roles you need to set it up.

Legal operations for a CLM implementation

The legal work behind a CLM implementation and the team you need for it.

Internal investigations: choosing the right support

How companies split an internal investigation into lead, forensics, document review and case handling, with the rules on whistleblowing and data protection.

Competition law compliance projects: audits, training and distribution agreements

How companies run a competition compliance audit in six steps and which tasks project lawyers can take on.

Real estate, construction and infrastructure projects: planning legal capacity

Portfolio review, transaction or major project: which tasks project lawyers take on and how to plan the workload.

Interim compliance: vacancy, project or backlog? Choosing the right support

Vacancy, project or backlog: which interim support fits your compliance team and what stays your responsibility.

Interim compliance officer: tasks, requirements and engagement models

What an interim compliance officer does in banks, insurers and industry, what FINMA and BaFin require and how the role is staffed.

Planning KYC remediation with interim specialists: sizing, team and process

How many analysts does KYC remediation need? Segment, pilot, calculate and stagger – with a worked example and role model.

Transaction monitoring alert backlogs: clearing and controlling them

How banks clear a transaction monitoring alert backlog: risk-based triage, team set-up, tuning and documentation.

Interim MLRO or AML project team? Roles, limits and requirements

Can the MLRO role be filled on an interim or external basis? What applies in Germany, Switzerland and the EU from 2027.

Building or refreshing a compliance management system

The seven elements of a CMS, the role of IDW PS 980 and ISO 37301, and the team you need to build it.

Compliance remediation after audit or supervisory findings

How to prioritise findings, build a remediation plan and evidence closure to auditors and supervisors.

Regulatory change management: implementing new rules reliably

How banks and companies identify, assess and implement new rules on time.

Building and testing an internal control system

What Swiss and German law require of an ICS, how to build and test it in seven steps, and where interim professionals help.

Data protection officer vacancy: interim appointment done right

What applies when the DPO role falls vacant and how an interim appointment works in Germany and Switzerland.

Setting up AI governance: roles, inventory and obligations

Whether you need an AI officer, how to build an AI inventory and which AI Act duties apply to which role.

Interim legal and compliance in pharma and life sciences

Licensing deals, clinical trial agreements, HCP compliance and health data: which interim profiles life sciences companies use and why.

Interim legal and compliance for banks and financial institutions

KYC taskforce, regulatory change or repapering: which interim roles banks use and what supervisors expect.

Interim legal and compliance in insurance

Product approval, distribution, outsourcing and supervision: which interim roles insurers use and why.

Fractional GC or interim head of legal? The roles compared

When a part-time fractional general counsel fits and when an interim head of legal is the better choice – workload, duration, leadership and handover, with a checklist.

General Legal & Inhouse Counsel

Interim in-house counsel for the broad day-to-day work of your legal department, from junior to senior legal counsel.

Interim Head of Legal

General Compliance & Compliance Management

AML, KYC & Financial Crime Compliance

Corporate Law, M&A & Governance

Interim corporate lawyers for transactions, integration and corporate governance, from junior to senior level.

IT, Technology & Data Privacy Law

Legal & Compliance Operations

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Law

Interim banking lawyers for loan and security agreements, financings, bond issues and product documentation.

Insurance & Regulatory Law

Interim insurance lawyers for policy wordings, insurance regulation and distribution, from junior to senior level.