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Commercial Contracts
Drafting, reviewing and advising on customer, supplier, procurement, services, SaaS, technology and other commercial agreements.
Flexible In-House Style Legal Support
Fractional General Counsel for UK Businesses
Senior commercial legal support when you need it — without hiring a full-time in-house legal team.
Covenant Advisory Group provides ongoing fractional general counsel support for growing businesses that need dependable legal input across contracts, negotiations, day-to-day queries, governance and commercial risk.
Independent Legal Consultancy
Professional Indemnity Insured
ICO Registered
Flexible Monthly Support
London, United Kingdom
What Is a Fractional General Counsel?
In-house style legal support, without the full-time hire
As businesses grow, legal work often stops being occasional. Customer contracts need negotiating, suppliers send new terms, employment questions arise, commercial risks need managing and founders or management need someone they can turn to quickly.
But employing a full-time in-house lawyer may not yet make commercial sense.
A fractional general counsel bridges that gap. CAG becomes a regular external legal resource that understands your business and provides ongoing commercial support within an agreed scope.
Think of it as an extension of your management team.
Instead of starting from scratch every time a legal question arises, you have ongoing support from a legal consultancy already familiar with your contracts, commercial priorities and risk profile.
More continuity. Faster context. More predictable legal spend.What We Can Support
Day-to-day commercial legal support under one roof
Fractional GC support can be tailored around the legal work your business encounters most often.
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Contract Negotiation
Support with redlines, negotiation positions, commercial compromises and getting agreements through to signature.
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Day-to-Day Legal Queries
A regular point of contact for the commercial legal questions that arise as your business operates and grows.
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Governance & Risk
Practical support with policies, contractual risk, internal processes, governance and identifying legal issues before they become larger problems.
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Employment & Contractors
Support with non-contentious employment documentation, consultancy arrangements and everyday workforce contractual matters.
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Management Support
Practical legal input for founders, directors and management teams when commercial decisions have legal consequences.
Why Fractional?
When occasional legal advice is no longer enough
Fractional GC is designed for the stage between buying isolated legal advice and building a permanent in-house legal department.
Continuity
Work with a legal resource that becomes familiar with your business rather than repeatedly explaining the background.
Predictability
A defined monthly arrangement can make legal expenditure easier to plan than repeated ad-hoc instructions.
Commercial context
Legal advice is considered alongside the practical objectives and realities of the business.
Flexible capacity
Access ongoing legal support without immediately committing to the cost and overhead of a permanent in-house hire.
Who It's For
Built for businesses with recurring legal needs
Fractional General Counsel support can be particularly useful where legal work is becoming a regular part of running the business.
Growing SMEs
Businesses signing more contracts, hiring people and managing increasingly complex customer and supplier relationships.
Start-ups & Scale-ups
Fast-moving businesses that need responsive commercial legal support without building a full internal legal function.
Fintech & Financial Services
Businesses operating in contract-heavy or regulated environments that require regular commercial and risk support.
Founder-Led Businesses
Management teams that want a dependable legal sounding board available as commercial issues arise.
Monthly Support
Choose the level of support your business needs
Fractional GC arrangements are designed to provide regular access to commercial legal support with clearer cost visibility.
Core
£1,750
+ VAT / month
For businesses that need dependable ongoing commercial legal support without a full-time in-house function.
- Ongoing commercial legal support
- Contract review & drafting
- Day-to-day legal queries
- Commercial risk support
- Regular access to CAG
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£3,250
+ VAT / month
For businesses with a heavier or more complex ongoing legal workload requiring greater support capacity.
- Broader ongoing legal support
- Contract drafting & negotiation
- Management legal support
- Governance & risk input
- Higher support capacity
All prices exclude VAT. Scope, availability and the appropriate support arrangement are agreed before engagement.
Need Something More Specific?
Flexible legal support, whether ongoing or one-off
Not every business needs a monthly arrangement. CAG also provides fixed-fee commercial contract review and other specialist commercial advisory services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fractional General Counsel FAQs
What is a Fractional General Counsel?
A Fractional General Counsel provides ongoing legal support to a business on a flexible external basis. It can give growing businesses regular access to commercial legal support without employing a full-time in-house lawyer.
Is Fractional General Counsel the same as outsourced legal counsel?
The terms are often used to describe similar models. The central idea is that an external legal resource works with the business on an ongoing basis rather than being instructed only for isolated matters.
When should a business consider Fractional GC support?
It may be appropriate when contracts, negotiations and everyday legal questions are becoming frequent enough that ad-hoc legal support is inefficient, but the business does not yet require or want a permanent in-house legal hire.
Can you review and negotiate our commercial contracts?
Yes. Commercial contracts are a core part of CAG's work. Fractional GC support can include reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements within the agreed scope.
Can we use CAG for a single contract instead?
Yes. Businesses that do not need ongoing support can use our fixed-fee Commercial Contract Review service, with reviews starting from £169 + VAT.
Does Fractional GC replace all external lawyers?
Not necessarily. A fractional legal resource can manage and support a broad range of day-to-day commercial legal matters, while specialist external counsel may still be appropriate for reserved legal work, litigation or specialist jurisdictional advice.
Do you work with businesses outside London?
Yes. CAG is based in London and can provide remote commercial legal support to businesses across the UK and, where appropriate, on cross-border commercial matters.
Is Covenant Advisory Group an SRA-regulated law firm?
No. Covenant Advisory Group Limited is an independent legal consultancy providing non-reserved legal services. CAG is not an SRA-regulated law firm and does not undertake reserved legal activities.
Need legal support that knows your business?
Tell us about your current legal workload, the contracts and issues you encounter most often, and where you need additional support. We'll discuss whether a Fractional GC arrangement is appropriate and agree the scope before work begins.