Service · Embedded Legal Talent
Senior legal capacity, deployed when the business needs it.
Experienced lawyers embedded directly within your team — carrying real workload from day one, inside your tools and cadence.
Rapid deployment
Built to move quickly for urgent projects and temporary coverage — when waiting for a hire isn’t an option.
Every seniority level
From capable junior counsel through senior and GC-level lawyers — trained at top international firms, many with in-house experience at MNCs and technology companies.
Short-term to sustained
Engagements flex from short-term surge needs through longer projects — scaling with the shape of the work.
Where embedded talent fits
Real workload, carried properly.
Embedded counsel take on the work your team would otherwise absorb — with the judgment to know when something needs escalating.
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Commercial contracts
Sales and procurement agreements moved forward across the business, at pace.
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Product counselling and launch support
Practical guidance as products, features and markets go live.
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Regulatory and compliance projects
Structured project support when requirements shift or programmes need building.
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M&A deal execution and due diligence
Additional experienced hands through the crunch of a transaction.
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Maternity / paternity leave cover
Continuity for the team — so no one returns to a backlog.
How an engagement runs
From brief to embedded, without friction.
Brief
We take a precise brief — the work, the tools, the tempo, and what good looks like for your team.
Matched counsel
We match experienced counsel to the brief — right seniority, right domain, right working style.
Embedded execution
Counsel work inside your team and systems, carrying live workload with clear ownership.
Ongoing support
We stay close as needs evolve — extending, flexing, or transitioning cleanly when the work is done.
Common questions
Before you brief us.
How quickly can embedded counsel start?
We are built for speed. Once we have a clear brief, we move immediately to matching — and because our network is curated in advance, the time from brief to a lawyer in your team is typically far shorter than a traditional hire or agency search.
What seniority levels are available?
All of them. We place and second lawyers across the full range — capable junior counsel for volume execution, mid-level lawyers for autonomous deal work, and senior or GC-level operators for leadership-adjacent needs. The match is driven by the work, not a fixed band.
Who manages the lawyer day to day?
You do — embedded counsel work inside your team, your systems and your priorities, exactly like a member of staff. CounselNow stays close in the background to make sure the engagement is working and to flex it as your needs change.
Can an engagement be extended or reshaped?
Yes. Engagements routinely extend, scale up or step down as the workload evolves. We design for that flexibility from the start, so changing course is a conversation, not a renegotiation.
Need capacity that arrives ready?
Tell us about the project, the coverage gap, or the deal on the horizon.
Discuss embedded legal support