General Counsel in London
Burns & Co. provides fractional general counsel to companies in London and across London: senior, in-house style legal support on a flexible basis, without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
Book a ConsultationLondon is not one property market but dozens, each with its own stock, tenure and price dynamic. From prime central streets to outer-borough terraces, transactions turn on the same things everywhere: lease terms, building safety, planning consents and the searches that reveal them.
The companies we support in London 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 London 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 London and the surrounding London 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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