Fractional general counsel & strategic legal support
Senior legal ownership when the business needs capacity—not permanent overhead.
I provide interim, retained or project-based senior legal support to businesses facing a leadership gap, complex project, increasing legal demand or the need for a more disciplined legal operating model.
Typical matters
Bring me in when the issue is affecting a real decision or outcome.
- The business does not have a senior in-house legal leader.
- The current legal workload exceeds internal capacity.
- A material project needs one person to own the legal workstream.
- Contracts, matters and approvals are fragmented across departments.
- External legal spend needs better triage and control.
- A legal function needs practical systems, reporting or governance without over-engineering.
What the business receives
Advice that can be explained, approved and implemented.
- A clear legal-work agenda aligned to business priorities.
- Matter and contract triage based on consequence and urgency.
- Executive-level legal advice and ownership of material issues.
- Practical playbooks, templates, dashboards and approval routes.
- Better use of external specialists where their depth is genuinely required.
Working approach
Commercial context first. Legal precision where it matters.
The engagement begins by identifying the decision, timing, stakeholders and consequences. The legal analysis is then directed toward the points that materially affect leverage, exposure, authority, delivery or exit.
The result may be a marked-up agreement, a negotiation position, a governance memorandum, a regulator response, an executive recommendation or direct support through implementation.
Frequently asked questions
How is fractional general counsel different from a law firm retainer?+
The role is closer to an embedded senior legal leader: understanding internal priorities, owning matters across functions and using external specialists selectively where needed.
Can the arrangement be limited to one project?+
Yes. Support can be scoped to a transaction, governance review, regulatory response, contract programme, leadership gap or defined period.
Does the business need to be based in Gqeberha?+
No. Work is available nationally across South Africa and for suitable international and remote mandates.
Start a conversation
Tell me what is holding the decision up.
Share the issue, timing and outcome required. I will confirm whether a conversation would be useful.