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General Counsel in Colchester
Burns & Co. provides fractional general counsel to companies in Colchester and across Essex: senior, in-house style legal support on a flexible basis, without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
Book a ConsultationColchester is Britain's oldest recorded town, and its property market reflects the layers: Roman and medieval streets at the centre, Georgian and Victorian terraces around them, and substantial modern development on the northern and western edges. It is also a garrison town and a university city.
The companies we support in Colchester are usually past the point where legal work can be handled ad hoc, but not yet at the point where a full-time general counsel is justified. That gap is exactly what fractional cover is designed to fill.
Growing companies in Colchester usually reach the point where legal questions arrive faster than they can be outsourced, but not the point where a full-time general counsel makes sense. Fractional cover sits in that gap: a senior lawyer who knows the business, joins the conversations early and keeps decisions commercially grounded.
Contract review, drafting and negotiation
Employment and HR legal support
Governance, board reporting and company secretarial
Risk, compliance and regulatory questions
Managing external advisers and specialist counsel
Support on transactions, funding and commercial deals
We provide general counsel across Colchester and the surrounding Essex area, including:
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a clear scope, a named contact and a fixed fee wherever we can.
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