You didn't take this role to run out of capacity.

A real extension of your in-house team.

A senior independent lawyer who joins your team for a sustained engagement — a few days a week, a few months, or an ongoing rhythm. Not a temp filling a seat. Not a vendor you brief and chase. A business partner who sits close to the business, carries context, and owns outcomes the way your best in-house hire would.

• A sustained peak. A fundraise, an acquisition, an IPO track, a market launch. The workload spikes for months, not days.
• A leave to cover. Continuity at senior level, without a permanent headcount decision.
• An expertise you don't have in-house. EU AI Act, DORA, a new jurisdiction, antitrust, data, ESG — for exactly as long as you need it, and no longer.
• A function still being built. Senior judgment at the table before you can justify another partner-level hire.

The feel: continuity, ownership, partnership. Someone who doesn't need the context — they bring it.

Precise expertise, exactly when the matter calls for it.

Specialist counsel by the hour. Pay as you use. Switch it on for the question in front of you, switch it off the moment it's answered. No retainer you have to justify, no commitment you have to grow into.

• A specialist question that needs someone who has done it before — where experience is the difference between a fast answer and an expensive one.
• A one-off matter that shouldn't consume your best people: a complex contract, a high-stakes negotiation, a targeted review.
• A second opinion at board level before you commit to a position.
• Overflow. The volume that quietly piles up and drains the team, handled without adding permanent cost.

The feel: precision, speed, control. Expertise that activates when you do — and disappears when you're done.