Commercial contracts support for busy legal teams
Commercial contracts support gives you practical additional capacity for ongoing contract work or a backlog, through experienced lawyers who plug in, get up to speed, and deliver from day one.
It suits in-house legal teams that are overloaded, and businesses without a legal team that need dependable help with the contracts they rely on most.
When businesses use it
- Your in-house team is overloaded
- You need commercial contracts support
- You have a contract backlog building up
- Demand for contract work fluctuates through the year
- You need overflow support for ‘business as usual’ work
What it can cover
- Overflow support for ‘business as usual’ work
- Supporting contracts and governance
- Introducing suitable processes and legal playbooks
- Working as an integrated extension of an existing legal team
- Translating advice into practical business action
How the engagement works
Support can be structured around a project, an initial trial period, a particular number of days each week, or a changing level of demand.
We can help establish a sensible initial scope and review it as circumstances develop. Volume, complexity, and the systems and templates already in place all affect the scope.
Before work begins, we agree the scope, fees, expected working pattern, invoicing schedule and notice provisions with you.
Working alongside your team
Altern8 consultants can work as an integrated extension of an existing legal team, providing additional capacity. The objective is not to replace the support that is already working well, but to provide the expertise or capacity needed to close a particular gap.
Questions about commercial contracts support
Yes. Altern8 consultants can work as an integrated extension of an existing legal team, providing additional capacity for ongoing contract work or a backlog.
That is where a flexible engagement can be most valuable. Support can increase, reduce, or extend, subject to the consultant’s availability and the notice arrangements agreed in advance.
Yes. They regularly complement the work of external law firms, for example by coordinating instructions, translating advice into practical business action, and managing work internally.
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Tell us what you need
Tell us about the challenge, transaction, or period of change ahead, and we will help you identify the most practical solution.