Outside Counsel Management (Excel)
Director · Fractional General Counsel · Hybrid · London
- Company
- Space-technology company making satellite parts · 201–500 employeesCL-13379 · based in London
- Where
- Hybrid · London
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 1–2 h a week
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Director · 10-15 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with UK time
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About this task
This Space-technology company making satellite parts (201–500 employees) is looking for a director Fractional General Counsel for an ongoing part-time engagement of 1–2 h a week. Briefs and manages law firms and keeps the budget in check.
Workload peaks and dips, so a few fixed hours a week fit better than a full-time seat. It works in aerospace, where change control and documentation are formal.
The team sits in London. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time).
What you deliver
- Brief outside counsel on a trademark dispute and review invoices against the estimate.
- A written update every Wednesday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
- Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
What a week looks like
- Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window
- Thursday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked
- Wednesday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread
Duration: 8 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.
Tools
Who fits
- 10-15 years of hands-on work as a Fractional General Counsel, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Comfortable working in Excel and email
- Admission to practise in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland is required, and the sign-off on legal advice stays with the company's own counsel.
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Used to short written handovers
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
Not included
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- A signature or opinion in your own name: sign-off stays with the company
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 10-15 years in legal
- Tools
- Excel, email
- Offers
- 2 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- £88 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, £88 an hour, is above the median director Fractional General Counsel rate in London (£85). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-13379 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.